A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation dinosaur and molluscan quarry, Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Garfield County, Montana |
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| Description | View northeast of Tyranosaurus rex dinosaur quarry. Foreground quarry work depicts discovery of freshwater molluscan fossils, while background activity shows uncovering of rib bones. Plaster jackets (white areas) represent dinosaur bones prepared for future removal from quarry. The fossils are from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation south of the Fort Peck Reservoir in the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Garfield County, Montana. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Upper Cretaceous |
| Lithostratigraphy | Hell Creek Formation |
| Geologic province | Western Williston Basin |
| Location | USA ▹ Montana ▹ Garfield. Near Jordan. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 2001-07-10. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman C08382. |
| Key words | Fossils, Upper Cretaceous, Hell Creek Formation, Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Garfield County, Montana |
| Tech details | 775 KB. Outcrop. Fujicolor 100; TIFF format. |
| GeoDIL number | 1117 |
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