Ferris Formation (UW V-92036): Lancian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Gypsonictopidae
Gypsonictops sp. Simpson 1927
1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Reptilia
Compsemys victus Leidy 1856
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
corrected as Compsemys victa
UW 27279
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26621; also part of UW 26593 reported by Holroyd & Hutchison (2002)
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Helopanoplia distincta Hay 1908
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26593
    = Trionychidae sp. Gray 1825
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Plastomenus sp. Cope 1873
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26592
    = Trionychidae sp. Gray 1825
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Aspideretoides sp. Gardner et al. 1995
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26581
    = Trionychidae sp. Gray 1825
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26594
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 2 specimens
part sof both UW 26592 and 26593
Reptilia
Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 29016
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Chasmosaurinae indet. Lambe 1915
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 2 specimens
UW 26530, 27439 "(= Triceratops sp.")
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosaurinae indet. Lambe 1918
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26529
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Edmontonia cf. rugosidens (Gilmore 1930)
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
recombined as Panoplosaurus rugosidens
UW 26292
Reptilia - Thescelosauridae
Thescelosauridae indet. Sternberg 1937
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26526
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 27443
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Troodon formosus Leidy 1856
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26304
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 3 specimens
UW 26275-26277
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Aublysodon mirandus Leidy 1868
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Tyrannosauridae
UW 26250
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimus cf. velox Marsh 1890
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 2 specimens
UW 26305, 27205
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 27372
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Cyclurus fragosa (Jordan 1927)
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
recombined as Cyclurus fragosus
UW 26528
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 25627
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26604
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Carbon
Coordinates: 41.9° North, 106.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.9° North, 82.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Epoch:Senonian
*Local age/stage:Lancian
Key time interval:Lancian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ferris
Local section:Ferris Local bed:1408 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Lancian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UW
Metadata
Also known as:Chinacat Sunflower
Database number:14542
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, R. Benson Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1998-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-10-09 13:05:42
Access level:the public Released:1998-09-21 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1419. J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history: geologic setting, Multituberculata, and Peradectia. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):3-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

42536 P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component. Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:177-190 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
2236 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]