Where: Albany County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 106.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 52.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Morrison Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1969-1970; reposited in the AMNH, YPM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: D. R. Prothero. 1981. New Jurassic mammals from Como Bluff, Wyoming, and the interrelationships of non-tribosphenic Theria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 167(5):277-326 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39427: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Glyptops plicatulus Cope 1877 turtle | |
Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Cteniogenys antiquus Gilmore 1928 choristodere | |
Mammalia | |
Plagiaulacidae indet. Gill 1872 multituberculate | |
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Laolestes eminens Simpson 1927 mammal
Dryolestes sp. Marsh 1878 mammal
Amblotherium sp. Owen 1871 mammal | |
Osteichthyes | |
Ophiopsis sp. Agassiz 1834 ray-finned fish |