Leyden Gulch (DMNH Loc. 1282) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Loc. 9

Where: Jefferson County, Colorado (39.8° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 81.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Laramie Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in the 1970s; reposited in the DMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: M. G. Lockley and A. P. Hunt. 1995. Ceratopsid tracks and associated ichnofauna from the Laramie Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian) of Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):592-614 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49536: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
"Torosaurus cf. gladius" = Torosaurus latus
"Torosaurus cf. gladius" = Torosaurus latus Marsh 1891 ceratopsid
"DMNH uncatalogued specimen"
 Theropoda -