Wallace Ranch 2, SDSM V9116: Early/Lower Campanian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Pteranodon longiceps Marsh 1876
2 specimens
SDSM 69039, wing fragments. SDSM 69040, jaw fragment, carpal, distal phalanx
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
Vertebrae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota County:Fall River
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 103.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.6° North, 71.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Montana Formation:Pierre Shale Member:Sharon Springs
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 0.76-0.91 m above 2nd bentonite stringer
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:deep-water indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taphonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SDSM
Metadata
Database number:94645
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-03-05 07:15:17 Last modified:2012-01-31 16:44:07
Access level:the public Released:2010-03-05 07:15:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32230. J. Hargrave. 2007. Pteranodon (Reptilia: Pterosauria): stratigraphic distribution and taphonomy in the lower Pierre Shale Group (Campanian), western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming. Geological Society of America Special Paper 427:215-225 [R. Butler/R. Butler]