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Collection: Billy Creek 1 (Puercan) Garfield County, Montana, USA
| Age | 66 - 63.3 Ma (Paleocene) |
|---|---|
| Interval | Puercan |
| Lat/Long | 47.6167,-107.317 |
| Co-ordinates derived from | unpublished field data |
| Location | Billy Creek 1 |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Garfield County, Montana, USA |
| Geographic Scale | small collection |
| Formation | Hell Creek |
| Stratigraphic Scale | bed |
| Straigraphic Comments | paleomagnetic sections are given by Archibald et al. 1982 and Swisher et al. 1995 but are not very helpful because the locality is from a channel sandstone deeply incised into the formation |
| Lithology | sandstone |
| Environment | coarse channel fill |
Associated Collections
| Collection | Formation | Member | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Creek 1 | Hell Creek | sandstone | 70.6 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) | |
| Billy Creek 2 | Hell Creek | sandstone | 70.6 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
Recorded Fossils
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
