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
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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Reptilia
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Reptilia
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cf. Palaeoscincus sp.
Leidy 1856
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nomen dubium belonging to Ankylosauria | |||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Trachodontidae indet.
Lydekker 1888
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2 individuals | ||||||
synonym of Hadrosauridae | |||||||
Reptilia
- Troodontidae
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Troodon cf. formosus
Leidy 1856
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Reptilia
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepidosteus sp.
(Agassiz 1843)
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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:
33225 | ETE | 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] |