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Montana - Pierre Shale - Richard Sandstone, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
Group | Montana |
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Formation | Pierre Shale |
Member | Richard Sandstone |
Age: | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian |
Lithology | siliciclastic |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 3 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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USGS locality 16214 | Larimer County, Colorado, USA | Montana - Pierre Shale - Richard Sandstone |
USGS locality 16093 | Larimer County, Colorado, USA | Montana - Pierre Shale - Richard Sandstone |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Eomunidopsis cobbani species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Galatheidae : Eomunidopsis : Eomunidopsis cobbani | 83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Homolopsis sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Corystidae : Homolopsis | 83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Bishop G. A. (1985) A new crab, Eomunidopsis cobbani n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda), from the Pierre Shale (Early Maastrichtian) of Colorado, Journal of Paleontology 59 3, 601-604 |
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!