YPM 62-12, Himes: Albian, Wyoming
collected by J. Ostrom 1962

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Pleurosternidae
? Glyptops sp. Marsh 1890
1 specimen
YPM 4893, shell fragment
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, 63.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1257 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 100.50000 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
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
Database number:50494
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-05-16 13:13:45 Last modified:2010-12-03 10:40:23
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-16 13:13:45
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]