UW V-91009, Ray's Palate Locality: Lancian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UW 27274 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Helopanoplia distincta
Hay 1908
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UW 27383 | ||||||||||
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= cf. Plastomeninae sp.
Hay 1902
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Plastomenidae | ||||||||||
| also UW 27222 and part of UW 25180 | ||||||||||
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Plastomenus sp.
Cope 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UW 27391 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae sp.
Gray 1825
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| parts of both UW 27381 and 27383 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UW 27381; also UW 25180 listed by Hutchison & Holroyd (2002) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sp.
Hay 1902
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 30528 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UW 27294 ("Leidyosuchus") | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Chasmosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UW 27314 "(= Triceratops sp.)" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1918
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UW 27309 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Paronychodon lacustris
Cope 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon | ||||||||||
| UW 26313 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosaurus sp.
Matthew and Brown 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UW 27203 | ||||||||||
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Saurornitholestes sp.
Sues 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UW 29002 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Aublysodon mirandus
Leidy 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Tyrannosauridae | ||||||||||
| UW 27424 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Cyclurus fragosa
(Jordan 1927)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | ||||||||||
| UW 27260 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UW 27268 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Phyllodus toliapicus
Agassiz 1839
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UW 27216, 27217 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Carbon |
| Coordinates: | 41.9° North, 106.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.9° North, 82.4° 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: | Lancian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UW |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75280 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-05 12:12:26 | Last modified: | 2007-10-09 11:42:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-05 12:12:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2236. | J. A. Lillegraven and J. J. Eberle. 1999. Vertebrate faunal changes through Lancian and Puercan time in southern Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):691-710 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 42536 | P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component. Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:177-190 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |