south side of Doegie Creek: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Wyoming
collected by Hatcher & Sullins 1891
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Triceratops sp.
Marsh 1889
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Gilmore 1919 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| USNM 5740 (= Sk. 27) | ||||||||||
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= Triceratops horridus
Marsh 1889
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Ostrom and Wellnhofer 1986 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 104.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.8° North, 79.4° 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 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lance | ||
| Local section: | Lull Lance Creek | Local bed: | 7 |
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM,YPM | ||
| Collectors: | Hatcher & Sullins | Collection dates: | 1891 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dogie Creek, Lance Creek, Bull Creek, Hatcher Sk. 27 | ||
| Database number: | 50087 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-06 08:51:19 | Last modified: | 2022-10-18 15:08:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-06 08:51:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12304. | ETE | J. B. Hatcher, O. C. Marsh, and R. S. Lull. 1907. The Ceratopsia. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 49:1-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13463 | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1919. A new restoration of Triceratops, with notes on the osteology of the genus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55(2260):97-112 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14177 | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1915. The mammals and horned dinosaurs of the Lance Formation of Niobrara County, Wyoming. The American Journal of Science, series 4 40(238):319-348 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 55599 | J. H. Ostrom and P. Wellnhofer. 1986. The Munich specimen of Triceratops with a revision of the genus. Zitteliana 14:111-158 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |