Windy Hill: Lancian, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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Database 2005 | 6 elements | ||||||||
UCMP 119799, 1 partial tooth; UCMP 119798, five complete and fragmented teeth | ||||||||||
= Myledaphus pustulosus
Cook et al. 2014
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Cook et al. 2014 | |||||||||
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Database 2005 | 3 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia fragosa
Jordan 1927
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Database 2005 | 2 elements | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Database 2005 | 1 element | ||||||||
Lepisosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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Database 2005 | 7 elements | ||||||||
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Caudata indet.
Scopoli 1777
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Database 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Habrosaurus dilatus
Gilmore 1928
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Database 2005 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Chamopsiidae
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Leptochamops denticulatus
(Gilmore 1928)
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Coeluridae
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Coeluridae indet.
Marsh 1881
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Paronychodon sp.
Cope 1876
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Database 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Ornithischia
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Ornithischia indet.
Seeley 1888
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Database 2005 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Database 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Hypsilophodontidae
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cf. Hypsilophodontidae indet.
Dollo 1882
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Thescelosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1913
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Leidyosuchus sternbergi
(Gilmore 1910)
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Database 2005 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Borealosuchus sternbergii | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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Database 2005 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Brachychampsa montana
Gilmore 1911
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Database 2005 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Database 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Champsosaurus natator
Parks 1933
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Database 2005 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Sauria
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Sauria indet.
MacCartney 1802
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Cryptodira indet.
Cope 1868
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Database 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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Database 2005 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Database 2005 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Plastomenus sp.
Cope 1873
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sp.
Hay 1902
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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Database 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Database 2005 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Stygiochelys estesi
Gaffney and Hiatt 1971
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Cimolestes cf. cerberoides
Lillegraven 1969
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recombined as Ambilestes cerberoides | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Stagodontidae
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Didelphodon vorax
Marsh 1889
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Meniscoessus robustus
(Marsh 1889)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Garfield |
Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 106.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 54.2° North, 79.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Hell Creek | Member: | Upper |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | coarse channel fill |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V-72207 | ||
Database number: | 14654 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2021-09-02 11:07:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
960. | J. D. Archibald. 1982. A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122:1-286 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
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] | |
13103 | U.C.M.P. Database. 2005. UCMP collections database. University of California Museum of Paleontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |