Also known as Torrington
Where: Goshen County, Wyoming (41.7° N, 104.4° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 79.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Torrington Member (Lance Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, yellow, blue, carbonaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. M. Schlaikjer in 1930
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1935. Contributions to the stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Goshen Hole area, Wyoming. II. The Torrington Member of the Lance Formation and a study of a new Triceratops. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 7(2):31-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164993: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
? Trachodon sp. Leidy 1856 hadrosaurid | |
Triceratops sp. Marsh 1889 ceratopsid |