Dinosaur Mountain: Late/Upper Campanian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cretorectolobus olsoni Case 1978
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis steineri n. sp.
Hypotodus grandis Case 1978
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Plicatolamna arcuata (Woodward 1894)
synonym of Archaeolamna kopingensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Centrophoroides worlandensis n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lissodus griffisi n. sp. Case 1987
recombined as Lonchidion griffisi
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus montanensis Case 1978
recombined as Meristodonoides montanensis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Big Horn
Coordinates: 44.2° North, 107.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.1° North, 75.7° 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:83.60000 - 72.10000 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 9
Database number:70500
Authorizer:J. Kriwet Enterer:W. Glaeser
Modifier:W. Glaeser Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-26 08:08:47 Last modified:2007-03-30 12:42:42
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-26 08:08:47
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]