UW V-92018, Tooth and Nail Locality (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Carbon County, Wyoming (41.9° 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UW

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 75429: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.10.2007, edited by Roger Benson

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
UW 27364
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
"Compsemys victus" = Compsemys victa
"Compsemys victus" = Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle
UW 27277
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae sp. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
UW 27384
Trionychidae sp. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
UW 27218
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa sp. Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
UW 27397
 Neornithischia - Thescelosauridae
Thescelosauridae indet. Sternberg 1937 ornithischian
UW 27206
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Chasmosaurinae indet. Lambe 1915 ceratopsid
UW 27427 "(= Triceratops sp.)"
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosaurinae indet. Lambe 1918 hadrosaurine
UW 27310
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978 maniraptoran
UW 27305, 27369
 Theropoda -
"Paronychodon lacustris" = Paronychodon
"Paronychodon lacustris" = Paronychodon maniraptoran
UW 27411
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar
UW 27343
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Cyclurus fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus
"Cyclurus fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin
UW 27325