PTRM V91014, Doaks Butte: Maastrichtian, South Dakota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Helopanoplia distincta
Hay 1908
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Richardoestesia isosceles
Sankey 2001
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia fragosa
Jordan 1927
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | |||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Harding |
| Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 103.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.3° North, 77.0° 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
| Formation: | Hell Creek | ||||
| Local section: | Doaks Butte | Local bed: | 75.00 m | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: datum -75.00, K-T section 9906 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | crevasse splay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45391 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-20 06:43:33 | Last modified: | 2005-06-09 16:23:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-20 06:43:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11749. | ETE | D. A. Pearson, T. Schaefer, K. R. Johnson, D. J. Nichols, and J. P. Hunter. 2002. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota. In J. H. Hartman, J. R. Johnson, and D. J. Nichols (eds.), The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:145-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |