locality 3, along Highway 26/287: Maastrichtian, Wyoming
collected by W. Gordon 1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia sp.
Linnaeus 1766
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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? Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsia indet.
Marsh 1890
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= Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Breithaupt 1985 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontidae
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? Camptosauridae indet.
Marsh 1885
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= Iguanodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1850
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Weishampel and Weishampel 1983 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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= Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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Breithaupt 1985 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Prodesmodon sp.
Estes 1964
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Teton |
| Coordinates: | 43.8° North, 110.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.5° North, 84.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Harebell |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W. Gordon | Collection dates: | 1964 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Togwotee Pass | ||
| Database number: | 165881 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-30 14:01:04 | Last modified: | 2019-12-16 15:45:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-30 14:01:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14489. | ETE | M. C. McKenna and J. D. Love. 1970. Local stratigraphic and tectonic significance of Leptoceratops, a Cretaceous dinosaur in the Pinyon Conglomerate, northwestern Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 700(D):D55-D61 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 54218 | B. H. Breithaupt. 1985. Nonmammalian vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous of Wyoming. In G. E. Nelson (ed.), Wyoming Geological Association 36th Annual Field Conference Guidebook: The Cretaceous Geology of Wyoming 159-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 59351 | T. M. Lehman. 1987. Late Maastrichtian paleoenvironments and dinosaur biogeography in the Western Interior of North America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 60:189-217 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 71260 | M. C. McKenna. 1972. Vertebrate paleontology of the Togwotee Pass area, northwestern Wyoming. In R. M. West (ed.), Field Conference on Tertiary Biostratigraphy of Southern and Western Wyoming, August 5-10, 1972 80-101 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 61518 | D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |