south side of Lightning Creek: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Wyoming
collected by J. B. Hatcher 1891
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baena marshi n. sp.
Hay 1904
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Gaffney 1972 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Eubaeninae | ||||||||||
| YPM 299 (Hay, 1904, pp. 261-263, fig. 1, pl. 11; 1908, pp. 62, 63, fig. 39, pl. 8 fig. 2), Hay mentioned but did not figure carapace elements, but the type currently consists only of the plastron | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Triceratops ? brevicornus
Hatcher and Lull 1905
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1 individual | |||||||||
| YPM 1832, plesiotype (= Sk. 21) | ||||||||||
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= Triceratops cf. brevicornis
Hatcher and Lull 1905
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Schuyf 1969 | |||||||||
| synonym of Triceratops horridus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 104.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.7° North, 79.5° 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: | 8 |
| 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 |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
| Collectors: | J. B. Hatcher | Collection dates: | 1891 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lance Creek, Hatcher Sk. 21 | ||
| Database number: | 52683 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-16 14:36:46 | Last modified: | 2022-10-18 15:09:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-16 14:36:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 704 | E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson] | |
| 14442 | ETE | O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 12314 | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1933. A revision of the Ceratopsia or horned dinosaurs. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 3(3):1-175 [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] | |
| 62405 | P. Schuyf. 1969. De kop van Triceratops cf. brevicornis HATCHER in het Mineralogisch-Geologisch Museum van de Technische Hogeschool te Delft [The head of Triceratops cf. brevicornis HATCHER in the Mineralogical-Geological Museum of the Technical University of Delft]. Grondboor en Hamer 1969(2):67-73 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |