Puerto Canyon, UCMP V3622: Maastrichtian, California
collected by A. Bennison 1936
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Plotosaurus tuckeri
(Camp 1942)
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Lull and Wright 1942 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
= Kolposaurus sp.
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Camp 1942 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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1 individual | |||||||||
UCMP 32944 | ||||||||||
= Saurolophinae indet.
Brown 1914
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Morris 1973 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Stanislaus |
Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 121.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 96.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Altitude: | 1455 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Gallic |
*International age/stage: | Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Great Valley | Formation: | Moreno | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: There is uncertainty between the boundary of the Moreno and Panoche Formation in the area. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | all |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Collection size: | 1 individuals | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
Collectors: | A. Bennison | Collection dates: | Jun 1936 |
Collection method comments: found by Allan Bennison (high school student) |
Metadata
Also known as: | L&W locality 48 | ||
Database number: | 24845 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, J. Marcot | Enterer: | M. Carrano, K. Maguire, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-08-21 13:49:35 | Last modified: | 2021-10-13 09:55:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-21 13:49:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6966. | C. J. Hesse and S. P. Welles. 1936. The first record of a dinosaur from the West Coast. Science 84(2172):157-158 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
71196 | C. L. Camp. 1942. California mosasaurs. Memoirs of the University of California 13(1):1-68 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
34145 | ETE | T. L. Ford. 1999. A review of the hadrosaurs from California. In R. D. McCord III & D. Boaz (eds), Southwest Paleontological Symposium – Proceedings 1999. Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 6:59-60 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
12319 | ETE | R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
14863 | ETE | W. J. Morris. 1973. A review of Pacific coast hadrosaurs. Journal of Paleontology 47(3):551-561 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |