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YPM 64-43, Big Horn County, Montana, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 45.3805,-108.285 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Montana, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Big Horn County, Montana, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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AMNH 32-3, Push Creek | Ostrom J. H. (1970) | Cloverly | Units V, VI or VII | not reported | 113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
AMNH 38-1, Push Creek | Ostrom J. H. (1970) | Cloverly | Units V, VI or VII | not reported | 113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
YPM 64-43, Lande Ranch | Ostrom J. H. (1970) | Cloverly - Himes | upper part of member = Ostrom's unit VII; 3 ft above Unit VI | claystone | 113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Sauropelta edwardsorum species | Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Nodosauridae : Sauropelta : Sauropelta edwardsorum | 113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Tenontosaurus tilletti species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Tenontosaurus : Tenontosaurus tilletti | 113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Ostrom J. H. (1970) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana, Peabody Museum Bulletin 35, 1-234 |
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!