Dwarf Lighthouse (UCMP V-5622): Lancian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus longirostris
(Lambe 1902)
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Estes 1964 | 1 element | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia fragosa
Jordan 1927
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Habrosaurus dilatus
Gilmore 1928
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Leidyosuchus sternbergi
(Gilmore 1910)
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
recombined as Borealosuchus sternbergii | ||||||||||
Brachychampsa montana
Gilmore 1911
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
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Charadriiformes informal indet. sp. 1
Huxley 1867
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Hope 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
USNM 181923 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Aublysodon mirandus
Leidy 1868
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Carpenter 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Tyrannosauridae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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cf. Anatosaurus sp.
Lull and Wright 1942
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
synonym of Edmontosaurus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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cf. Triceratops sp.
Marsh 1889
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Pediomyidae
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Pediomys florencae
Clemens 1966
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
recombined as Protolambda florencae | ||||||||||
Pediomys hatcheri
(Osborn 1898)
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
original and current combination Protolambda hatcheri | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Gypsonictopidae
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Gypsonictops hypoconus
Simpson 1927
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Clemens 1973 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon nitidus
Marsh 1889
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma thompsoni
Clemens 1964
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Cimolomys gracilis
Marsh 1889
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Meniscoessus robustus
(Marsh 1889)
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza avonicola
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 1 element | ||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidion selachos
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unionidae indet.
Rafinesque 1820
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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? Corbiculidae indet.
Gray 1847
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 104.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.5° North, 79.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lance |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
Database number: | 14527 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2004-12-10 08:30:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1239. | W. A. Clemens. 1964. Fossil mammals of the type Lance Formation, Wyoming. Part I. Introduction and Marsupialia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 48:1-105 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
12202 | ETE | K. Carpenter. 1982. Baby dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Lance and Hell Creek formations and a description of a new species of theropod. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 20(2):123-134 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
1241 | W. A. Clemens. 1966. Fossil mammals from the type Lance Formation, Wyoming. Part II. Marsupialia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 62:1-122 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1242 | W. A. Clemens. 1973. Fossil mammals of the type Lance Formation, Wyoming. Part III. Eutheria and summary. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 94:1-102 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
803 | R. Estes. 1964. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49:1-187 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Carrano] | |
29037 | S. Hope. 2002. The Mesozoic radiation of Neornithes. In L. M. Chiappe and L. M. Witmer (eds.), Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. University of California Press, Berkeley 339-388 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |