south of Taffy Creek (Judith River): Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Montana
collected by C. H. Sternberg & C. M. Sternberg 1914

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Reptilia
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia
cf. Palaeoscincus sp. Leidy 1856
nomen dubium belonging to Ankylosauria
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Trachodontidae indet. Lydekker 1888
2 individuals
synonym of Hadrosauridae
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Troodon cf. formosus Leidy 1856
Reptilia
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepidosteus sp. (Agassiz 1843)
original and current combination Lepisosteus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana County:Fergus
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 109.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.9° North, 77.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:700 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Montana Formation:Judith River
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Collectors:C. H. Sternberg & C. M. Sternberg Collection dates:1914
Metadata
Database number:59217
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-03-21 06:05:42 Last modified:2022-02-02 04:02:09
Access level:the public Released:2006-03-21 06:05:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62883. L. M. Lambe. 1915. Report of the vertebrate palaeontologist. Summary report of the Geological Survey Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1914 1503:116-121 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

33225ETE C. M. Sternberg. 1950. Notes and annotated list of quarries. Map 969A. Steveville, west of fourth meridian, Alberta. Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]