Corral Road [sandstone] (DMNH loc. 19383): Maastrichtian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae
? Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890
Chamberlain et al. 2023 1 specimen
DMNH EPV.138575, pedal phalanx III-2
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina hassei Leriche 1929
5 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Serratolamna serrata (Agassiz 1838)
2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis aculeatus (Cappetta and Case 1975)
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias cf. schwimmeri
13 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus cf. girardoti Herman 1977
4 specimens
Palaeogaleus sp. Gurr 1963
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Ewingia cf. problematica Case and Cappetta 1997
1 specimen
recombined as Tomewingia problematica
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza avonicola Estes 1964
6 specimens
Sclerorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon cf. vermiculata Cappetta 1975
10 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi (Thurmond 1971)
4 specimens
Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978
10 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
3 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus levis (Cappetta and Case 1975)
2 specimens
unclassified
Ophiomorpha sp. Lundgren 1891
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota County:Meade
Coordinates: 44.5° North, 102.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.6° North, 75.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Fairpoint
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive,"cross stratification",concretionary,hematitic,brown,white poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "soft, laminated sandstone...where there is a dense array of hard, well-cemented, dark brown hematitic concretions...The sandstone is white to tan in color, well sorted, and massively bedded, with hummocky and high-angles tangentially cross-stratified beds occurring at some horizons."
Environment:deltaic indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-lag
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),anthill,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:White Owl, Enning
Database number:90926
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-08-26 14:54:56 Last modified:2023-03-06 12:36:32
Access level:the public Released:2009-08-26 14:54:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
83928. M. A. Becker, J. A. Chamberlain, and D. O. Terry. 2004. Chondrichthyans from the Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), Meade County, South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):780-793 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

83927 J. A. Chamberlain, K. Knoll, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2023. Non-avian theropod phalanges from the marine Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), western South Dakota, USA. PeerJ 11:e14665:1-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]