UALVP locality no. 55: Eocene, Montana
collected by John and Leona Constenius

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Hiodontiformes - Hiodontidae
Hiodon consteniorum n. sp. Guo-Qing and Wilson 1994
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana County:Flathead
Coordinates: 48.2° North, 113.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.8° North, 100.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kishenehn Member:Coal Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Collected from the oil shales of the Coal Creek Member.
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils,all microfossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,survey of museum collection
Collection size:2 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:John and Leona Constenius
Collection method comments: UALVP: Labratory for Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Metadata
Database number:134348
Authorizer:S. Peters Enterer:S. McMullen
Research group:freshwater,vertebrate
Created:2012-10-08 08:22:37 Last modified:2012-10-07 16:22:37
Access level:the public Released:2012-10-08 08:22:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43208. L. Guo-Qing and M. V. H. Wilson. 1994. An Eocene Species of Hiodon from Montana, Its Phylogenetic Relationships, and the Evolution of the Postcranial Skeleton in the Hiodontidae (Teleostei). Journal of Paleontology 14(2):153-162 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]