Rock Springs South, AMNH Loc. 11597: Late/Upper Campanian, Wyoming
collected by B. Brown 1937

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsia indet. Marsh 1890
1 specimen
AMNH 3656
    = Chasmosaurinae indet. Lambe 1915
Farke 2004
similar to Anchiceratops
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Sweetwater
Coordinates: 41.7° North, 109.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.0° North, 78.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:2012 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mesaverde Formation:Almond
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: About 30.5 m above Ericson Sandstone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:AMNH
Collectors:B. Brown Collection dates:1937
Collection method comments: excavated with earth-mover
Metadata
Also known as:AMNH Sinclair Expedition
Database number:45862
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-12-10 06:47:13 Last modified:2009-04-20 17:19:46
Access level:the public Released:2004-12-10 06:47:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18651.ETE B. Brown. 1938. The mystery dinosaur. Natural History 38(3):190-202 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

12207ETE K. Carpenter. 1992. Behavior of hadrosaurs as interpreted from footprints in the "Mesaverde" Group (Campanian) of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 29(2):81-96 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29770 A. A. Farke. 2004. Ceratopsid dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous Almond Formation of southwestern Wyoming. Rocky Mountain Geology 39(1):1-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]