PBDB Collection

Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lance Quarry 1; Hatcher No. 1

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

• Paleocoordinates: 53.7° N, 65.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lance Formation, Lancian (72.2 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by J. B. Hatcher, W. A. Clemens in 1889; reposited in the UCMP, YPM

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

Primary reference: O. C. Marsh. 1892. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. Part III. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 43(255):249-262 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14565: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano, Roger Benson and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

• UCMP site is "probably Hatcher's mammal locality No. 1" and treated as such by Clemens

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Chondrichthyes
Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae	Lonchidion selachos⁷ Lonchidion selachos⁷ Estes 1964 elasmobranch
Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae	Myledaphus bipartitus⁷ Myledaphus bipartitus⁷ Cope 1876 guitarfish
Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae	Ischyrhiza avonicola⁷ Ischyrhiza avonicola⁷ Estes 1964 ray
Reptilia
Testudinata -	Compsemys sp.⁹ Compsemys sp.⁹ Leidy 1856 turtle Voucher: UCMP 173393
Testudines - Pantrionychidae	cf. Helopanoplia sp.⁹ cf. Helopanoplia sp.⁹ Hay 1908 turtle Voucher: UCMP 72932
Testudines - Adocidae	Adocus sp.⁹ Adocus sp.⁹ Cope 1868 turtle Voucher: UCMP 173410
Testudines - Chelydridae	Chelydridae sp.⁹ Chelydridae sp.⁹ Swainson 1839 turtle Voucher: UCMP 95910
Testudines - Trionychidae	Trionychidae sp.⁹ Trionychidae sp.⁹ Gray 1825 softshell turtle Voucher: UCMP 173394
Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae	Basilemys sp.⁹ Basilemys sp.⁹ Hay 1902 turtle Voucher: UCMP 173392
Aves
Charadriiformes - Cimolopterygidae	"Cimolopteryx minima n. sp." = Lamarqueavis minima² "Cimolopteryx minima n. sp." = Lamarqueavis minima² Brodkorb 1963 shorebird Voucher: UCMP 53976
Reptilia
Theropoda -	"Tripriodon caperatus n. sp." = Paronychodon lacustris¹⁰ "Tripriodon caperatus n. sp." = Paronychodon lacustris¹⁰ Cope 1876 maniraptoran
Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae	Dromaeosauridae indet.³ Dromaeosauridae indet.³ Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran UW 13684
Squamata - Teiidae	Alethesaurus quadratus n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Alethesaurus quadratus n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Gilmore 1928 squamates USNM 10802 (holotype), fragment of maxilla with four complete teeth
Mammalia
Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae	Cimolomys parvus n. sp., "Selenacodon brevis n. sp." = Cimolomys gracilis¹⁰, "Halodon gracilis n. sp." = Meniscoessus¹⁰, "Meniscoessus robustus" = Meniscoessus robustus⁴, "Dipriodon robustus" = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰, "Selenacodon fragilis n. sp." = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰, "Halodon sculptus n. sp." = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰, "Dipriodon lunatus n. sp." = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰, "Tripriodon coelatus n. sp." = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰ Cimolomys parvus n. sp. Marsh 1892 multituberculate "Selenacodon brevis n. sp." = Cimolomys gracilis¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate "Halodon gracilis n. sp." = Meniscoessus¹⁰ multituberculate "Meniscoessus robustus" = Meniscoessus robustus⁴ Marsh 1889 multituberculate "Dipriodon robustus" = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate "Selenacodon fragilis n. sp." = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate "Halodon sculptus n. sp." = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate "Dipriodon lunatus n. sp." = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate "Tripriodon coelatus n. sp." = Meniscoessus robustus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae	Mesodma sp.¹ Mesodma sp.¹ Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae	"Cimolodon nitidus n. sp." = Cimolodon nitidus¹⁰, "Halodon serratus n. sp." = Cimolodon nitidus¹⁰, "Nanomyops minutus n. sp." = Cimolodon nitidus¹⁰ "Cimolodon nitidus n. sp." = Cimolodon nitidus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate "Halodon serratus n. sp." = Cimolodon nitidus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate "Nanomyops minutus n. sp." = Cimolodon nitidus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae	Camptomus amplus n. sp.¹⁰, Allacodon lentus¹⁰, "Allacodon pumilis n. sp." = Allacodon pumilus¹⁰ Camptomus amplus n. sp.¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate Allacodon lentus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate "Allacodon pumilis n. sp." = Allacodon pumilus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Leptictida - Gypsonictopidae	Gypsonictops hypoconus⁶ Gypsonictops hypoconus⁶ Simpson 1927 eutherian
Cimolesta - Cimolestidae	Cimolestes incisus n. sp.¹⁰, "Didelphodon comptus n. sp." = Delphodon comptus¹⁰, Batodon tenuis n. gen. n. sp. Cimolestes incisus n. sp.¹⁰ Marsh 1889 eutherian YPM 11775 - holotype (left m1) "Didelphodon comptus n. sp." = Delphodon comptus¹⁰ Marsh 1889 eutherian Batodon tenuis n. gen. n. sp. Marsh 1892 eutherian
Tribosphenida - Pediomyidae	Pediomys elegans n. sp.¹⁰, "Pediomys florencae" = Protolambda florencae⁵, "Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri⁵ Pediomys elegans n. sp.¹⁰ Marsh 1889 metatherian "Pediomys florencae" = Protolambda florencae⁵ Clemens 1966 metatherian "Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri⁵ Osborn 1898 metatherian
Tribosphenida - Alphadontidae	Turgidodon rhaister⁵ Turgidodon rhaister⁵ Clemens 1966 metatherian
Tribosphenida - Stagodontidae	"Didelphodon sp." = Didelphodon¹⁰, "Didelphodon vorax n. sp." = Didelphodon vorax¹⁰, "Cimolestes curtus n. sp." = Didelphodon vorax¹⁰, "Didelphodon ferox n. sp." = Didelphodon vorax¹⁰, "Stagodon validus" = Didelphodon vorax¹⁰, "Stagodon sp." = Didelphodon¹⁰ "Didelphodon sp." = Didelphodon¹⁰ Marsh 1889 metatherian "Didelphodon vorax n. sp." = Didelphodon vorax¹⁰ Marsh 1889 metatherian "Cimolestes curtus n. sp." = Didelphodon vorax¹⁰ Marsh 1889 metatherian "Didelphodon ferox n. sp." = Didelphodon vorax¹⁰ Marsh 1889 metatherian "Stagodon validus" = Didelphodon vorax¹⁰ Marsh 1889 metatherian "Stagodon sp." = Didelphodon¹⁰ Marsh 1889 metatherian

¹Alroy 2002; ²Brodkorb 1963; ³Carpenter 1982; ⁴Clemens 1964; ⁵Clemens 1966; ⁶Clemens 1973; ⁷Estes 1964; ⁸Gilmore 1928; ⁹Holroyd and Hutchison 2002; ¹⁰Lull 1915