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Rex Hill Locality, Garfield County, Montana, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)47.6,-107.233
Co-ordinates Derivationunpublished field data
Given LocationMontana, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Garfield County, Montana, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Rex Hill LocalityArchibald J. D. (1982)Hell Creeksiltstone70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Acipenser sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acipenseriformes : Acipenseridae : Acipenser70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Amia sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae : Amia70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae : Lepisosteus70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Aves
class
Animalia : Chordata : Aves70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Myledaphus bipartitus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Myledaphus : Myledaphus bipartitus70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cimolodon nitidus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Multituberculata : Cimolodontidae : Cimolodon : Cimolodon nitidus70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Meniscoessus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Taeniolabididae : Meniscoessus70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ceratopsidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Ceratopsidae70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scapherpeton tectum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Scapherpetontidae : Scapherpeton : Scapherpeton tectum70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Champsosaurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Champsosauridae : Champsosaurus70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Archosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauria70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Squamata
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Baenidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Baenidae70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Compsemys victa
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Compsemys victa70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trionychidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Saurornitholestinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Dromaeosauridae : Saurornitholestinae70.6 - 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
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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