Lepisosteus occidentalis (Leidy, 1856)

Remarks

• Collection:  Lee Garrison
• Formation:  Montana Group, Hell Creek Formation
• Location:    Harding County, SD

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications)

• Gar Scales
• 1856 Lepidotus occidentalis Leidy
• 1964 Lepisosteus occidentalis (Leidy); Estes

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Montana Group, Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota
• Montana Group, Lance Formation of Wyoming

Age

• Lepisosteus occidentalis (Leidy) occurs in very Late Maastrichtian strata of the Northern Plains (~ 66 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Harding County, SD
• Wyoming

Remarks

       For identification and descriptions, see:

• Estes, R.  1964.  Fossil Vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, Eastern Wyoming.  University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 43–47 (one figure of reconstructed head).