Prince Creek Formation

Prince Creek Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Maastrichtian
70.6–69.1 Ma

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Prince Creek Formation; Stratigraphic range: Early Maastrichtian; 70.6–69.1 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	General location of the Prince Creek Formation, in red
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Colville Group
Sub-units	Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry, Kogosukruk Tongue, Ocean Point, Coleville River Bluff
Underlies	Sagavanirktok Formation
Overlies	Schrader Bluff Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, mudstone
Other	siltstone, carbonaceous shale, ash-fall
Location
Coordinates	70°00′N 151°30′W / 70.0°N 151.5°WCoordinates: 70°00′N 151°30′W / 70.0°N 151.5°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	83°12′N 115°54′W / 83.2°N 115.9°W
Region	Alaska
Country	USA

The Prince Creek Formation is a geological formation in Alaska with strata dating to the Early Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[2]

Age[]

The Prince Creek Formation aged from 80 to 61.7 million years ago. The Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry, where almost all of the dinosaur fossil are from, is located near the middle of the formation, and is about 70.6 to 69.1 million years ago.^[3]^[4] A lower section, the Kogosukruk Tongue, ages from 72 to 71 million years ago, in the latest Campanian.^[5] The youngest part of the formation is Ocean Point, which extends into the Paleogene, at the end of the Danian, based on the age of ostracods and mollusks.^[6] In the middle of the formation is the Coleville River Bluff, which extends from the Late Campanian to the Middle/Late Maastrichtian, in which pollen spores are common.^[7] However, a recent study dated all of the Prince Creek to the Early Maastrichtian.^[8]

Habitat[]

Hadrosaurids of the Liscomb Bonebed in their habitat

During the time when the Prince Creek Formation was deposited, Earth was going through a greenhouse phase. The rocks in it are alluvial, and were, at the time of burial, on a muddy coastal plain. Leafy plants, roots and pollen are known from the formation, and they show that trampling by dinosaurs was common. It can be proven that during the Maastrichtian the Prince Creek Formation bordered a large body of water by the presence of gypsum and pyrite in nearby rock. Large amounts of plants material are represented by peridonoid dinocysts, algae, fungal hyphae, fern and moss spores, projectates, , hinterland bisaccate pollen, and pollen from trees, shrubs, and herbs. Concluded on the large amounts of dinosaurs and flora, the Prince Creek Formation was likely a polar woodland lacking ground ice with dinosaurs dominating and angiosperms towering above them. The mean temperature was 5 to 6 °C (41 to 43 °F), with the mean temperature during the cold months being 2 to 4 °C (36 to 39 °F) and the mean temperature during the warm months being 10 to 12 °C (50 to 54 °F). Mean annual precipitation was 500 to 1,500 millimetres (20 to 59 in)/year.^[1] The paleolatitude of the formation at the time of depositon was around 80°–85°N, high in the Arctic Circle, and would have likely experienced 120 days of winter darkness.^[9]

Vertebrate paleofauna[]

Dinosaurs[]

Theropods[]

Indeterminate tyrannosaurid remains are present, mostly in the form of teeth. The teeth are from the Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry, Liscomb Quarry, and Byers Bed, totaling 8 teeth.^[10]

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Theropods
Genus	Species	Location	Abundance	Notes	Images
Dromaeosaurus^[10]^[11]	D. cf albertensis^[10]^[11]	Liscomb Quarry^[10] Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry^[10] Byers Bed^[10]	Fossilized teeth^[10]	A dromaeosaur.
^[12]	G. vegrandiunis^[12]	Denali Park^[12]		Footprints from a small bird.^[12]
Ornithomimosauria indet.^[13]	Indeterminate^[13]	Old Bone Beach	Distal metatarsal IV	Possibly an ornithomimid.
Saurornitholestinae indet.^[14]	Indeterminate	Pediomys Point - Liscomb Quarry^[14]	Small dentary tip from a juvenile.^[14]	A new species of dromaeosaurid closely related to Saurornitholestes.^[14]
Nanuqsaurus^[3]	N. hoglundi^[3]	Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry^[3]	One partial skull including a bone near the front of the maxilla and the front of the lower jaw.^[3]	Nanuqsaurus is a tyrannosaurid closely related to Lythronax, Tyrannosaurus, and Tarbosaurus.^[3]
Saurornitholestes^[10]^[11]	S. cf. langstoni^[10]^[11]	Old Bone Beach^[10]	Teeth^[10]	A dromaeosaur.
Troodon^[3]	T. sp^[3]	Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry^[3] Liscomb Quarry^[10] Byers Bed^[10] Magical Mystery Bar^[15]	Dental remains,^[3] including teeth.^[10] Braincases have also been found.^[15]	Remains of T. sp. are approximately 50% larger than specimens from Alberta and Montana.^[3] Remains were previously assigned to T. formosus.^[11] The most abundant theropod.^[15] As of 2011, a dubious genus.^[16]

Ornithischians[]

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Ornithischians of the Prince Creek Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Abundance	Notes	Images
Alaskacephale^[17]	A. gangloffi^[17]	Kogosukruk Tongue^[18]	A squamosal, and the back of the dome.^[5]	The first pachycephalosaurine from Alaska discovered.^[5]
Pachyrhinosaurus^[4]^[19]	P. perotorum^[4]^[19]	Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry^[4]	An abundance of skeletal remains,^[4] including an immature juvenile.^[19]	The youngest of the Pachyrhinosaurus species, found in one of the highest latitudes of centrosaurine discoveries.^[4] A discovery in the Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry was identified in 2013 as a juvenile of Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum. This discovery shows that the crest started to develop in the front of the snout, then extending farther back until it reaches the eye.^[19]
Thescelosaurinae indet.^[20]	Indeterminate		Teeth^[20]	Remains previously attributed to Thescelosaurus.^[20]
Leptoceratopsidae^[9]	Indeterminate		Remains of adult and juvenile individuals^[9]
Edmontosaurus^[21]	E. sp^[21]	Liscomb Bonebed^[21] Kikak-Tegoseak Quarry^[4]	Juvenile specimens	Originally identified under the genus Ugrunaaluk, recent studies have shown that disarticulated juvenile specimens, originally assigned to this genus has been found ontogenetically indistinguishable from Edmontosaurus.^[21]
Lambeosaurinae indet.^[22]	Indeterminate	Liscomb Bonebed	A supraoccipital	The first confirmed lambeosaurine in the Prince Creek Formation.
Ornithopoda indet.^[20]	Indeterminate^[20]		One tooth^[20]	A single "hypsilophodontid" cheek tooth not attributable to Parksosaurus or Thescelosaurus.^[20]

Mammals[]

Mammals of the Prince Creek Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Unnuakomys^[23]	U. hutchisoni	Pediomys Point	Lower Maastrichtian	Over 60 specimens	A small metatherian.

Plants[]

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Plants of the Prince Creek Formation^[7]
Genus	Species	Location	Abundance	Notes	Images
^[18]	P. wigginsii^[18]	Kogosukruk Tongue^[18]		A conifer, one of two from the region.^[18] It dominated the forest community of the Kogosukruk Tongue.
^[18]	H. quercifolia^[18]	Kogosukruk Tongue^[18]	Leaves^[18]	An angiosperm, known from leaves.^[18]
^[18]	Q. angulata^[18]	Kogosukruk Tongue^[18]		An aquatic angiosperm.^[18]
Equisetites^[18]	E. sp.^[18]	Kogosukruk Tongue^[18]		A sphenophyte.^[18]
	P. krempii	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
cf.	cf. P. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
cf.	cf. P. reduncus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	P. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	O.? sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	O. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	O. parvus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	O. arcticus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	O. wellmanii	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Common in the Early Maastrichtian. Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	M. sp. indet	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	M. pseudosenonicus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	L. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	L. dissolutum	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
Indeterminate	Indeterminate	Coleville River Bluff	Septate fungal hypha.	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	L. "stellata"	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Common in the Early Maastrichtian. Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	L. magnus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	L. spp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Indeterminate remains abundant in the Early Maastrichtian, and still numerous in the Late Maastrichtian. Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	L. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	K. trispissatus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	I. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	I. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	I. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	I. tappaniae	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	I. marylandensis	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	H. scollardensis	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	H. amplus	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	G. senonicus	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	F sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	F. undulosus	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	F. scabratus	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	cf. E. accuratus	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	E. procumbentformis	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	D. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	D. spp.	Coleville River Bluff	Preserved pollen samples	Very abundant in the early Maastrichtian and Indeterminate level of the formation, becoming rarer until the Middle/Late Maastrichtian. Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	C. fragilis	Coleville River Bluff	Samples of distinct pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
?	cf. C. apisulacea	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen samples	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
cf.	cf. C. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Specimens of preserved pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	C. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Preserved pollen samples	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	C. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen samples	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	cf. C. congruens	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	C. bialatus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen samples	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	C. sp. 1	Coleville River Bluff	Distinct pollen remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	C. spp.	Coleville River Bluff	Preserved pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	cf. C. dorogensis	Coleville River Bluff	Fossilized pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	C. sp.	Coleville Bluff Formation	Pollen spores	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	C. ambigens	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen specimens	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
Botryococcus	B. braunii	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
Indeterminate	Indeterminate	Coleville River Bluff	Bissacate gymnosperm pollen	Common and abundant in the Early Maastrichtian, becoming rarer towards the Late Maastrichtian. Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	B. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen spore remains	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	cf. A. cribrata	Coleville River Bluff	Carbonized pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	A. trialatus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	A. spp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	A. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	cf. A. dentatus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	A. amygdaloides	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Numerous in the Late Campanian, becoming abundant in the Maastrichtian. Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	A. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	A. sp. 1	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	A. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	A. clavate	Coleville River Formation	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	cf. A. spinulosus	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.
	A. sp.	Coleville River Bluff	Pollen	Also found in the Schrader Bluff Formation.

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[cretaceousdistribution-2] Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

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