UCMP V78043: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Phyllodus paulkatoi n. sp.
Estes and Hiatt 1978
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Dawson |
Coordinates: | 47.1° North, 104.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 53.4° North, 77.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Hell Creek | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: probably not far below the basal ("Z") coal bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: soft, olive sandstone | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 192047 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-03-05 00:13:27 | Last modified: | 2018-03-05 00:13:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-03-05 00:13:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12194. | ETE | R. Estes and R. Hiatt. 1978. Studies on fossil phyllodont fishes: a new species of Phyllodus (Elopiformes, Alubuloidea) from the Late Cretaceous of Montana. PaleBios 28:1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |