UW V-92018, Tooth and Nail Locality: Lancian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Thescelosauridae
Thescelosauridae indet. Sternberg 1937
1 specimen
UW 27206
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Chasmosaurinae indet. Lambe 1915
1 specimen
UW 27427 "(= Triceratops sp.)"
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosaurinae indet. Lambe 1918
1 specimen
UW 27310
Reptilia
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon
UW 27411
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978
2 specimens
UW 27305, 27369
Reptilia
Brachychampsa sp. Gilmore 1911
1 specimen
UW 27397
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Helopanoplia distinct
1 specimen
UW 27384
    = Trionychidae sp. Gray 1825
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Plastomenus sp. Cope 1873
1 specimen
UW 27218
    = Trionychidae sp. Gray 1825
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Reptilia
Compsemys victus Leidy 1856
1 specimen
corrected as Compsemys victa
UW 27277
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Cyclurus fragosa (Jordan 1927)
1 specimen
recombined as Cyclurus fragosus
UW 27325
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
1 specimen
UW 27343
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
1 specimen
UW 27364
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
Formation:Ferris
Local section:Ferris Local bed:621 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UW
Metadata
Database number:75429
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-10-09 08:36:14 Last modified:2007-10-09 13:16:35
Access level:the public Released:2007-10-09 08:36:14
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]