NDSFC Loc. LO64: Maastrichtian, North Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Toxochelyidae
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Lophochelys sp.
Zangerl 1953
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Neural, ND 99-5.2 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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? Plioplatecarpus sp.
Dollo 1882
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Teeth, ND 95-13.55, ND 99-6.3 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Tooth, ND 95-13.57; Claws, ND 99-6.4, ND 95-13.59, ND 95-13.58 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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cf. Saurornitholestes sp.
Sues 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Eroded tooth tip fragment, ND 95-13.56 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Lisserpeton bairdi
Estes 1965
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Dorsal vertebra, ND 99-5.1 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Dorsal vertebra, ND 99-6.2 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Dakota | County: | Logan |
| Coordinates: | 46.4° North, 99.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.8° North, 72.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Fox Hills | Member: | Timber Lake |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 231469 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-08-21 11:57:37 | Last modified: | 2023-08-21 11:57:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-08-21 11:57:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 85695. | J. W. Hoganson, J. M. Erickson, and F. D. Holland. 2007. Amphibian, reptilian, and avian remains from the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian): shoreline and estuarine deposits of the Pierre Sea in south-central North Dakota. In J. E. Martin & J. C. Parris (ed.), The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas. Geological Society of America Special Paper 427:239-256 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |