Owl Creek (UCM Loc. 80013): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Colorado
collected by Maxson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Plesiobaena cf. antiqua
(Lambe 1902)
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Carpenter and Young 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UCM 43699, braincase | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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1 individual | |||||||||
UCM 18953, pair of maxillae | ||||||||||
= Edmontosaurus sp.
Lambe 1917
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Carpenter and Young 2002 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Weld |
Coordinates: | 40.9° North, 104.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.5° North, 80.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 1728 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Laramie |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | all |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCM |
Collectors: | Maxson |
Collection method comments: collected by Mr. Maxson of Longmont, material not at University of Colorado |
Metadata
Also known as: | L&W locality 43, Lone Tree Creek, Loc. 2 | ||
Database number: | 46210 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-01-07 14:13:40 | Last modified: | 2023-01-19 14:05:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-01-07 14:13:40 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12319. | ETE | R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
13266 | ETE | K. Carpenter and D. B. Young. 2002. Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 37(2):237-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
14441 | ETE | P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Late Cretaceous and Early Paleocene turtle biogeography: new data from the Denver Basin, Colorado. GSA Abstracts with Programs [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Holroyd] |
26071 | J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |