Mammal Quarry No. 7 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lance Quarry 7, Lull's Locality 7, Hatcher No. 7

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.1° N, 104.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 79.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lance Formation, Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, nodular sandstone

• "the sandstone is so soft and friable...the bones and teeth are mingled with sand, nodules of clay and several varieties of fossil nuts"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. B. Hatcher, Beecher in 1889; reposited in the YPM

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying,

Primary reference: R. S. Lull. 1915. The mammals and horned dinosaurs of the Lance Formation of Niobrara County, Wyoming. The American Journal of Science, series 4 40(238):319-348 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14589: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Cimolomys parvus, "Selenacodon brevis" = Cimolomys gracilis, "Meniscoessus robustus" = Meniscoessus robustus, "Oracodon anceps" = Meniscoessus robustus
Cimolomys parvus Marsh 1892 multituberculate
"Selenacodon brevis" = Cimolomys gracilis Marsh 1889 multituberculate
"Meniscoessus robustus" = Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
"Oracodon anceps" = Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Allacodon lentus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
"Cimolodon nitidus" = Cimolodon nitidus, "Nanomyops minutus" = Cimolodon nitidus, "? Halodon serratus" = Cimolodon nitidus
"Cimolodon nitidus" = Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
"Nanomyops minutus" = Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
"? Halodon serratus" = Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Batodon tenuis Marsh 1892 eutherian
Cimolestes incisus Marsh 1889 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Pediomys elegans Marsh 1889 metatherian