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Lima Peaks , Beaverhead County, Montana, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)44.5372,-112.599
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationMontana, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Beaverhead County, Montana, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Lima Peaks (MOR)Varricchio D. J., Martin A. J., et al (2007)Colorado - Blackleafmudstone100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
BL1 microsite, Lima PeaksUllmann P. V., Varricchio D., et al (2012)Colorado - Blackleaf - FloodThe BL1 locality occurs 102m above the Kootenai– Blackleaf contact, a stratigraphic position within the Flood Member within this outcrop region.

Fossils are in unit 59.
siltstone105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Neopterygii
subclass
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Neopterygii105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Ankylosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Ankylosauridae105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Hypsilophodontidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hypsilophodontidae105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Oryctodromeus cubicularis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Thescelosauridae : Oryctodromeus : Oryctodromeus cubicularis100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Goniopholididae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Goniopholididae105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Bernissartia sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Bernissartiidae : Bernissartia105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Testudines
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Chelydridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Glyptops sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pleurosternidae : Glyptops105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Dromaeosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous
Tyrannosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Tyrannosauridae105.3 - 93.9 Ma
Cretaceous

References

Varricchio D. J., Martin A. J., et al (2007) First trace and body fossil evidence of a burrowing, denning dinosaur, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274, 1361-1368
Ullmann P. V., Varricchio D., et al (2012) Taphonomy and taxonomy of a vertebrate microsite in the mid-Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) Blackleaf Formation, southwest Montana, Historical Biology 24 3, 311-328 doi:10.1080/08912963.2011.602405
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