Sandy Overlook, UCMP loc. V86101: Lancian, North Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172167, 172382 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 137356, 172164– 172165, 172361–172362, 172381 | ||||||||||
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Palatobaena sp.
Gaffney 1972
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 137358 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172169, 172354, 172379 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172166 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Kinosternoidae indet.
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 137359, 137360 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sp.
Hay 1902
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172168 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
| UCMP 172163 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172162, 172378 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172170, 172376 | ||||||||||
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Triceratops sp.
Marsh 1889
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172363 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172369 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172367, 172377 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosaurus rex
Osborn 1905
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172366 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Saurischia indet.
(Seeley 1888)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172364–172365, 172368 | ||||||||||
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172356 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 137357 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Urodela indet.
(Duméril 1805)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172355 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiidae indet.
Huxley 1861
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172360, 172383 | ||||||||||
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Melvius thomasi
Bryant 1987
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 172160, 172359 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172161 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus sp.
Cope 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 172358 | ||||||||||
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= Myledaphus pustulosus
Cook et al. 2014
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Cook et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Dakota | County: | Slope County |
| Coordinates: | 46.4° North, 103.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.5° North, 76.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Hell Creek | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: IRONSTONE INTERBEDDED WITH CHANNEL SAND | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-86101 | ||
| Database number: | 137728 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-18 22:05:33 | Last modified: | 2021-09-02 10:55:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-18 22:05:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42536. | P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component. Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:177-190 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
| 77911 | T. D. Cook, M. G. Newbrey, D. B. Brinkman and J. I. Kirkland. 2014. Euselachians from the freshwater deposits of the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. In G. P. Wilson, W. A. Clemens, J. R. Horner, J. H. Hartman (eds.), Through the End of the Cretaceous in the Type Locality of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and Adjacent Areas. Geological Society of America Special Paper 503:229-246 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |