UW V-93003, Jay's Boneglomerate Ridge (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Carbon County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 82.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• said to be Lancian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: J. A. Lillegraven and J. J. Eberle. 1999. Vertebrate faunal changes through Lancian and Puercan time in southern Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):691-710 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75298: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.10.2007, edited by Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar
UW 29023
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodon formosus Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
UW 26315
 Theropoda - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890 ornithomimid
UW 26316
 Ornithischia - Nodosauridae
"Edmontonia cf. rugosidens" = Panoplosaurus rugosidens
"Edmontonia cf. rugosidens" = Panoplosaurus rugosidens Gilmore 1930 ankylosaur
UW 26289
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Chasmosaurinae indet. Lambe 1915 ceratopsid
UW 24730 "(=Triceratops sp.)"
 Loricata -
Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875 crocodilian
UW 29001 "(= "Leidyosuchus")"
 Testudinata -
"Compsemys victus" = Compsemys victa
"Compsemys victus" = Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle
UW 27278
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
UW 27241
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
"cf. Plastomeninae sp." = Plastomenidae Hay 1902 turtle
UW 27388
Aspideretoides sp. Gardner et al. 1995 turtle
UW 27223
cf. Helopanoplia sp. Hay 1908 turtle
UW 27385