Bear Springs, Comanche National Grassland: Late/Upper Cenomanian, Colorado
collected by Bruce A. Schumacher 2006
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
(Lamarck 1801)
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ca. 10,000 bone fragments | ||||||||||
Osteichthyes indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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18 vertebrae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Coniasaurus crassidens
Owen 1850
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18 teeth | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Caturidae
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Caturidae indet.
Owen 1860
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2 teeth | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Palaeobalistum sp.
Blainville 1818
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5 teeth | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Mesturidae
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Micropycnodon kansasensis
(Hibbard and Graffham 1941)
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3 teeth | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal sp. A
(Müller 1846)
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8 teeth | ||||||||||
Teleostei informal sp. B
(Müller 1846)
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17 teeth | ||||||||||
Teleostei informal sp. C
(Müller 1846)
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11 teeth | ||||||||||
Teleostei informal sp. D
(Müller 1846)
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2 teeth | ||||||||||
Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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1 jaw bone | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Ichthyotringidae
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Apateodus sp.
Woodward 1901
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3 teeth | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus cf. shumardi
Leidy 1856
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12 teeth | ||||||||||
Enchodus cf. gladiolus
Cope 1872
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3489 teeth, 1 jaw bone | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Salmoniformes
- Cimolichthyidae
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Cimolichthys nepaholica
(Cope 1872)
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8 teeth | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albulidae indet.
Bleeker 1859
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1 tooth plate, 4 pieces | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Tselfatiiformes
- Plethodidae
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Plethodidae indet.
Loomis 1900
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7 teeth, 6 bones | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
- Pachyrhizodontidae
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cf. Pachyrhizodus sp.
Agassiz 1850
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1 tooth | ||||||||||
Pachyrhizodus minimus
Stewart 1899
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1504 teeth | ||||||||||
Elopopsis sp.
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22 teeth | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pachycormiformes
- Pachycormidae
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Protosphyraena sp.
Leidy 1857
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6 teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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1 vertebra | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Aquilolamnidae
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Cretomanta canadensis
Case et al. 1990
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1 tooth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Carcharias saskatchewanensis
(Case et al. 1990)
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recombined as Microcarcharias saskatchewanensis | ||||||||||
24 teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Archaeolamnidae
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Archaeolamna kopingensis
(Davis 1890)
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4 teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax curvatus
(Williston 1900)
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20 teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cretoxyrhinidae
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Cretoxyrhina mantelli
(Agassiz 1835)
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4 teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos incertus
Cappetta 1973
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4 teeth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Ptychodontidae
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Ptychodus anonymus
Williston 1900
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35 teeth | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra aff. boveyensis
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramidae indet.
Giebel 1852
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado |
Coordinates: | 37.7° North, 103.9° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.4° North, 66.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Greenhorn Limestone | Member: | Hartland Shale | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Lower one third of the Hartland Shale Member, roughly 4m above the contact with the underlying Lincoln Limestone Member. The calcarenite contains bivalve shells of taxonomically indeterminate inoceramids and the oyster Exogyra aff. E. boveyensis Bergquis , 1944. Exogyra aff. E. boveyensis was initially reported to occur in the middle Late Cenomanian based on the fossil record in Kansas (Hattin, 1975), but Kauffman et al. (1993) depicted the occurrence of this taxon (also referred to as “Exogyra n. sp. aff. E. boveyensis”) as restricted to their Calycoceras cantiaurinum ammonite zone, which is early Late Cenomanian in age. Regardless, the fossiliferous calcarenite bed examined in our study is interpreted to be early Late Cenomanian in age (ca. 94.6 Ma). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: calcarenite | |
Environment: | deep subtidal ramp |
Geology comments: Periodic current events and/or depositional hiatuses during which skeletal debris was winnowed and concentrated. Whereas these brief depositional episodes might signal periods of temporary sea-level regression, they can be similarly explained as storm-winnowed debris from especially significant wave events, as evidenced by the abundance of clayey rip-up clasts. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | chemical,acetic,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | Bruce A. Schumacher | Collection dates: | 2006 |
Collection method comments: Repository: Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University (FHSM) |
Metadata
Database number: | 132505 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-08-20 23:17:23 | Last modified: | 2020-08-30 12:52:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-20 23:17:23 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
42689. | M. Nagrodski, K. Shimada, and B. A. Schumacher. 2012. Marine vertebrates from the Hartland Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado, USA. Cretaceous Research 37:76-88 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Clapham] |