Where: Converse County, Wyoming (42.6° N, 105.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 53.4° N, 67.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lance Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• about 80 feet higher than other Hatcher site on this ranch
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, yellow sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. B. Hatcher
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. B. Hatcher, O. C. Marsh, and R. S. Lull. 1907. The Ceratopsia. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 49:1-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 46125: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile | |
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid | |
"Trachodontidae indet." = Hadrosauridae, Trachodon sp.
"Trachodontidae indet." = Hadrosauridae Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
Trachodon sp. Leidy 1856 hadrosaurid | |
Mammalia | |
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal |