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Flat Creek 3, Garfield County, Montana, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	47.5167,-106.417
Co-ordinates Derivation	unpublished field data
Given Location	Montana, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Garfield County, Montana, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Flat Creek 3	Archibald J. D. (1982)	Hell Creek		sandstone	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Acipenser sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acipenseriformes : Acipenseridae : *Acipenser*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Amia sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae : *Amia*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Amia fragosa species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae : Amia : *Amia fragosa*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Amia uintaensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae : Amia : *Amia uintaensis*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Melvius thomasi species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae : Melvius : *Melvius thomasi*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteus occidentalis species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae : Lepisosteus : *Lepisosteus occidentalis*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Myledaphus bipartitus species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Myledaphus : *Myledaphus bipartitus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Squatirhina americana species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orectolobiformes : Orectolobidae : Squatirhina : *Squatirhina americana*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alphadon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : *Alphadon*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cimolodon nitidus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Multituberculata : Cimolodontidae : Cimolodon : *Cimolodon nitidus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scapherpeton tectum species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Scapherpetontidae : Scapherpeton : *Scapherpeton tectum*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Champsosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Champsosauridae : *Champsosaurus*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Brachychampsa montana species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : Brachychampsa : *Brachychampsa montana*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Borealosuchus sternbergii species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Borealosuchus : *Borealosuchus sternbergii*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Chirostenotes sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Caenagnathidae : *Chirostenotes*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Richardoestesia gilmorei species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae : Richardoestesia : *Richardoestesia gilmorei*	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Saurornitholestinae subfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Dromaeosauridae : Saurornitholestinae	70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Archibald J. D. (1982) A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122, 1-286

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Database UCMP (2005) UCMP collections database, University of California Museum of Paleontology

Larson D. W., Currie P. J. (2013) Multivariate analyses of small theropod dinosaur teeth and implications for paleoecological turnover through time, PLoS ONE 8 1, e54329:1-14 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054329

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!

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