Twin Peaks: Late/Upper Campanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus montanensis
Case 1978
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recombined as Meristodonoides montanensis | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lissodus griffisi n. sp.
Case 1987
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recombined as Lonchidion griffisi | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Centrophoroides worlandensis n. sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Archaeotriakis ornatus n. sp.
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Archaeotriakis rochelleae
Case 1978
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Brachaeluridae
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Brachaelurus bighornensis n. sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Cretorectolobus olsoni
Case 1978
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Ginglymostoma globidens
Cappetta and Case 1975
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recombined as Plicatoscyllium globidens | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis cheathami n. sp.
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Odontaspis steineri n. sp.
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Hypotodus grandis
Case 1978
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Pseudodontaspis herbsti n. gen., n. sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus texanus
(Roemer 1852)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Archaeolamnidae
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Plicatolamna arcuata
(Woodward 1894)
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synonym of Archaeolamna kopingensis | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Squatirhina roessingi n. sp.
Case 1987
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza basinensis n. sp.
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Ischyrhiza avonicola
Estes 1964
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Ptychotrygonidae
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Ptychotrygon boothi n. sp.
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Ptychotrygon ellae n. sp.
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Ptychotrygon greybullensis n. sp.
Case 1987
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Protoplatyrhina renae
Case 1978
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos casieri
Herman 1977
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Palaeospinacidae
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Synechodus turneri n. sp.
Case 1987
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Washaki |
Coordinates: | 44.1° North, 107.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.0° North, 75.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Mesaverde | Member: | Teapot Sandstone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Case Estuary Site 2:30 | ||
Database number: | 70451 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Kriwet | Enterer: | W. Glaeser |
Modifier: | W. Glaeser | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-03-23 07:31:35 | Last modified: | 2007-03-30 13:25:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-23 07:31:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
23339. | G. R. Case. 1987. A new selachian fauna from the late Campanian of Wyoming (Teapot Sandstone Member, Mesaverde Formation, Big Horn Basin). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 197(Lfg. 1-3):1-37 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Carrano] |