Howard Locality: Lancian, Wyoming
collected by W. A. Clemens
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Pediomyidae
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Pediomys cooki
Clemens 1966
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
| recombined as Leptalestes cooki | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Stagodontidae
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Didelphodon vorax
Marsh 1889
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Gypsonictopidae
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Gypsonictops hypoconus
Simpson 1927
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Clemens 1973 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon nitidus
Marsh 1889
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Cimolomys gracilis
Marsh 1889
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Reptilia
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Compsemys sp.
Leidy 1856
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
| Voucher: UCMP 173374 | ||||||||||
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Helopanoplia sp.
Hay 1908
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
| Voucher: UCMP 173409 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Chelydridae sp.
Swainson 1839
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
| Voucher: UCMP 173373 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Trionychidae sp.
Gray 1825
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
| Voucher: UCMP 173375 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Leidyosuchus sternbergi
(Gilmore 1910)
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
| recombined as Borealosuchus sternbergii | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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? Platacodon nanus
Marsh 1889
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Estes 1964 | 1 element | ||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 104.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.7° North, 79.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
| 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 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
| Collectors: | W. A. Clemens |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-5709 | ||
| Database number: | 14570 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, R. Benson, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-03-20 13:32:31 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 13103 | U.C.M.P. Database. 2005. UCMP collections database. University of California Museum of Paleontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |