2 miles southeast of U-L Ranch, Buck Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as T. obtusus type, Lance Creek, Hatcher Sk. 9

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 104.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 79.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lance Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• "about the middle of the Laramie"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. B. Hatcher in 1890; reposited in the USNM, YPM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. B. Hatcher, O. C. Marsh, and R. S. Lull. 1907. The Ceratopsia. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 49:1-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46131: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
"Triceratops obtusus n. sp." = Triceratops horridus
"Triceratops obtusus n. sp." = Triceratops horridus Marsh 1889 ceratopsid
USNM 4720 (= Sk. 9)