YPM 62-11, Himes: Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian, Wyoming
collected by J. Ostrom 1962
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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? Glyptops pervicax
Hay 1908
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51 specimens | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Paracryptodira | ||||||||||
| YPM 4889, 17 shell + 1 limb fragment; 4891, 20 shell + 7 bone fragments; 5277, 6 shell fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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? Sauropelta sp.
Ostrom 1970
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| YPM 4892 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| YPM 4890, tooth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
| Coordinates: | 44.7° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 66.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 1257 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian |
| Age range of interval: | 109.90000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cloverly | Member: | Himes | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of member = Ostrom's unit VII; 2-3 ft below Unit VIII
D'Emic et al. 2019: In the mid–late Albian to early Cenomanian (ca. 109–98 Ma), sediment sourced from the east was deposited as the Himes Member and Greybull Sandstone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
| Collectors: | J. Ostrom | Collection dates: | 1962 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | locality 13 | ||
| Database number: | 50493 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-16 13:12:32 | Last modified: | 2022-01-27 06:30:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-16 13:12:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13525. | ETE | J. H. Ostrom. 1970. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Bighorn Basin area, Wyoming and Montana. Peabody Museum Bulletin 35:1-234 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 79303 | M. D. D’Emic, B. Z. Foreman, N. A. Jud, B. B. Britt, M. Schmitz and J. L. Crowley. 2019. Chronostratigraphic Revision of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Western Interior, USA). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 60(1):3-40 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham] |