Bushy Tailed Blowout: Lancian, Wyoming
collected by W. A. Clemens 1985
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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cf. Lioplacodes sp.
Meek and Hayden 1864
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
cf. Viviparus sp.
Montfort 1810
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Reesidella sp.
Yen 1952
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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cf. Physa sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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? Corbiculidae indet.
Gray 1847
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unionidae indet.
Rafinesque 1820
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidion selachos
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 53905-53906 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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Estes 1964 | 2 elements | ||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza avonicola
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UCMP unnumbered | ||||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser eruciferus
(Cope 1876)
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Estes 1964 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP unnumbered | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Theatonius lancensis n. gen., n. sp.
Fox 1976
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Fox 1976 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
UALVP 12073-80, 40162 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Palaeobatrachidae
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cf. Barbourula sp.
Taylor and Noble 1924
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UCMP 55705 | ||||||||||
= Palaeobatrachus occidentalis
Estes and Sanchíz 1982
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Estes and Sanchíz 1982 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Paradiscoglossus americanus n. gen., n. sp.
Estes and Sanchíz 1982
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Estes and Sanchíz 1982 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 125827-125829 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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? Pelobatidae indet.
Lataste 1879
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UCMP 55706 | ||||||||||
= cf. Discoglossidae indet.
Günther 1859
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Estes and Sanchíz 1982 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Neobatrachia indet.
Reig 1958
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
ilium | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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? Pelobatidae indet.
Lataste 1879
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
= Eopelobates sp.
Parker 1929
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Estes and Sanchíz 1982 | |||||||||
= cf. Eopelobates sp.
Parker 1929
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Gardner 2008 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Batrachosauroididae indet.
Auffenberg 1958
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Gardner 2022 | |||||||||
AMNH FARB 22965 (incomplete left dentary) - probable new genus and species, | ||||||||||
Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Estes 1964 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP unnumbered | ||||||||||
Prodesmodon copei
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP unnumbered | ||||||||||
Cuttysarkus mcnallyi
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Prodesmodon copei | ||||||||||
UCMP 54258 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Habrosaurus dilatus
Gilmore 1928
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Estes 1964 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP unnumbered | ||||||||||
Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Estes 1964 | 511 specimens | ||||||||
500+ specimens, unnumbered UCMP | ||||||||||
Lisserpeton bairdi
Estes 1965
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Estes 1965 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
cf. Piceoerpeton sp.
Meszoely 1967
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Naylor 1983 | |||||||||
atlas | ||||||||||
= Piceoerpeton naylori
Gardner 2012
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Gardner 2012 | |||||||||
UALVP 43920 (atlas) | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpetontidae indet.
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Gardner 2000 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH 22952-22954, | ||||||||||
Albanerpeton nexuosus
Estes 1981
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Gardner 2000 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH 15259, 22950, 22952, 22955, 22959, 27177 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Cimexomys minor
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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Clemens 1973 | |||||||||
one "Mesodma" M1 (perhaps M. "formosa") of Clemens 1964a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Meniscoessus robustus
(Marsh 1889)
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(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Cimolomys gracilis
Marsh 1889
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(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon nitidus
Marsh 1889
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(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma hensleighi
Lillegraven 1969
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Novacek and Clemens 1977 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mesodma thompsoni
Clemens 1964
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confirmed by Novacek and Clemens 1977 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mesodma formosa
(Marsh 1889)
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confirmed by Novacek and Clemens 1977 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Gypsonictopidae
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Gypsonictops hypoconus
Simpson 1927
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Clemens 1973 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Cimolestes magnus
Clemens and Russell 1965
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Clemens 1973 | |||||||||
recombined as Altacreodus magnus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Cimolestes incisus
Marsh 1889
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Clemens 1973 | |||||||||
Cimolestes stirtoni n. sp.
Clemens 1973
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Clemens 1973 | |||||||||
UCMP 48591 - type (left upper molar, probably M2) | ||||||||||
Batodon tenuis
Marsh 1892
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Clemens 1973 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Nortedelphys intermedius
Case et al. 2004
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Case et al. 2004 | |||||||||
synonym of Nortedelphys jasoni | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Pediomyidae
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Pediomys elegans
Marsh 1889
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Pediomys cooki n. sp.
Clemens 1966
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
recombined as Leptalestes cooki | ||||||||||
(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Pediomys krejcii
Clemens 1966
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
recombined as Leptalestes krejcii | ||||||||||
this is NOT the type locality, see Clemens 1973 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Pediomys hatcheri
(Osborn 1898)
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
original and current combination Protolambda hatcheri | ||||||||||
(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Pediomys florencae
Clemens 1966
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
recombined as Protolambda florencae | ||||||||||
(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Stagodontidae
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Didelphodon vorax
Marsh 1889
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Alphadontidae
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Alphadon marshi
Simpson 1927
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
includes A. marshi sensu stricto according to Clemens 1973; A. "wilsoni" present according to Lillegraven 1969 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Alphadon rhaister
Clemens 1966
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= Turgidodon rhaister
Clemens 1966
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Alphadon lulli
Clemens 1966
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= Protalphadon lulli
Clemens 1966
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Glasbiidae
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Glasbius intricatus n. sp.
Clemens 1966
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Clemens 1966 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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Estes 1964 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
including UCMP 173375 listed by Holroyd & Hutchison (2002) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Eubaena cephalica
(Hay 1904)
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
including UCMP 73030 listed by Holroyd & Hutchison (2002) | ||||||||||
cf. Baena sp.
Leidy 1870
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae sp.
Swainson 1839
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
Vouchers: UCMP 125773–775 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Emarginochelys sp.
(Whetstone 1978)
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Emarginachelys | ||||||||||
Vouchers: UCMP 125768–772 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
Voucher: UCMP 173412 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emydinae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
"near Pseudemys?" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Kinosternoidae sp.
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
Voucher: UCMP 173416 | ||||||||||
Plastomeninae sp.
(Hay 1902)
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Plastomenidae | ||||||||||
Voucher: UCMP 173418 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
costal, UCMP unnumbered; plus UCMP 173409 listed by Holroyd & Hutchison (2002) | ||||||||||
Aspideretes beecheri
Hay 1904
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Trionyx beecheri | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sp.
Hay 1902
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Macrobaenidae
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cf. Macrobaenidae sp.
Sukhanov 1964
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
Voucher: UCMP 173415 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Alethinophidia informal Lance snake
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Longrich et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Fig. 1J: Lance alethinophidian vertebra | ||||||||||
Coniophis precedens
Marsh 1892
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Longrich et al. 2012 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Serpentes | ||||||||||
AMNH 22846, 22850, 22851 (maxillae); AMNH 14598, 15621, 15622, 22840‐22845, 22847‐22849, 22940, 25220, 25261, 26817‐26819, 26821‐26824, 26827‐26834, 26999, 27000 (vertebrae) and UCMP 49859, 53930‐53934, 53936‐53944, 73044 (vertebrae) | ||||||||||
? Sauriscus cooki
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
recombined as Estescincosaurus cooki | ||||||||||
"scincid-like parietals", UCMP | ||||||||||
Pariguana lancensis n. gen., n. sp.
Longrich et al. 2012
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Longrich et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Holotype AMNH 22208, dentary | ||||||||||
Paraderma bogerti
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 54199, 54213 | ||||||||||
Parasaniwa wyomingensis
Gilmore 1928
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Estes 1964 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 49792, 49796, 49799, 54200; AMNH 8103; plus Gao & Fox (1996) specimens: UALVP 33351-33353 (maxilla), 33354 (frontal), 1612, 1616, 33355, 33356 (dentaries) | ||||||||||
Litakis gilmorei
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UCMP 49798 | ||||||||||
Palaeosaniwa canadensis
Gilmore 1928
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
caudal; UCMP unnumbered | ||||||||||
= Varanoidea indet.
Gray 1827
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Gao and Fox 1996 | |||||||||
Colpodontosaurus cracens
Estes 1964
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Gao and Fox 1996 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
UALVP 29781-29784 (dentaries) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Peltosaurus piger
Gilmore 1928
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Estes 1964 | 33 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Odaxosaurus piger | ||||||||||
UCMP 49761-49790, 49821, 54204, 54208 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Xenosauridae
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Exostinus lancensis
Gilmore 1928
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Estes 1964 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 49847-49850, 49864, 56093; plus specimens reported by Gao & Fox (1996), UALVP 29847 (parietal), 29849-29850 (maxilla), 29838 (dentary) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Chamopsiidae
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Meniscognathus altmani
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 49837, 49841, 54266; and specimens reported by Gao & Fox 1996; UALVP 29774, 29777, 29834 (dentaries), and 29832 (maxilla) | ||||||||||
Haptosphenus placodon
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 49844-49846, 54201, 54209 | ||||||||||
Leptochamops denticulatus
(Gilmore 1928)
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Estes 1964 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 49825-49826, 49830, 49832 | ||||||||||
Chamops segnis
Marsh 1892
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Estes 1964 | 25 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 49811-49814, 54206; and specimen reported by Gao & Fox 1996; UALVP 29727, 29729, 29813 (maxillae), and 29814 (dentary) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Lonchisaurus trichurus n. gen., n. sp.
Longrich et al. 2012
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Longrich et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Holotype AMNH 15446, dentary | ||||||||||
Brachychampsa montana
Gilmore 1911
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Leidyosuchus sternbergi
(Gilmore 1910)
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Estes 1964 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Borealosuchus sternbergii | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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cf. Triceratops sp.
Marsh 1889
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Estes 1964 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
= Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Carpenter 1982 | |||||||||
UCM 37878, 43526, 45057-45059 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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cf. Anatosaurus sp.
Lull and Wright 1942
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Estes 1964 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
= Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Carpenter 1982 | |||||||||
UCM 45060-45061 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Thescelosaurus neglectus
Gilmore 1913
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
= Thescelosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1913
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Carpenter 1982 | |||||||||
UCM 43223 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Carpenter 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UCM 39503 | ||||||||||
? Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
"straight-sided teeth" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Troodontidae
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Saurornithoides inequalis
(Sternberg 1932)
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Carpenter 1982 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Stenonychosaurus inequalis | ||||||||||
UCM 41666, 43218 | ||||||||||
Pectinodon bakkeri n. gen., n. sp.
Carpenter 1982
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Carpenter 1982 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
UCM 38445-38446; AMNH 27117-8, 21874 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae indet.
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Carpenter 1982 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
UCM 39502; AMNH uncat. (n. gen. n. sp.) | ||||||||||
Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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Longrich 2008 | |||||||||
Dromaeosaurinae sp.
Matthew and Brown 1922
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Longrich 2008 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Paronychodon lacustris
Cope 1876
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Estes 1964 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
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Charadriiformes informal indet. sp. 1
Huxley 1867
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Hope 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH 13011 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Cimolopterygidae
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Cimolopteryx petra n. sp.
Hope 2002
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Hope 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Lamarqueavis petra | ||||||||||
AMNH 21911 | ||||||||||
Cimolopteryx maxima n. sp.
Brodkorb 1963
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Brodkorb 1963 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
UCMP 53973, 53957 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
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Graculavus augustus n. sp.
Hope 1999
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Hope 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH 25223 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Neornithes informal indet. sp. 6
(Gadow 1893)
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Hope 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH 25221 | ||||||||||
Lonchodytes pterygius
Brodkorb 1963
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Neornithes | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Presbyornithidae
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Presbyornithidae informal indet. sp. 4
Wetmore 1926
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Hope 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH 22603 | ||||||||||
Presbyornithidae informal indet. sp. 3
Wetmore 1926
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Hope 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH 21929 | ||||||||||
Presbyornithidae informal indet. sp. 2
Wetmore 1926
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Hope 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH 22602 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Phalacrocoracidae
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Phalacrocoracidae informal indet. sp. 2
Reichenbach 1850
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Hope 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
AMNH 25272 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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cf. Dryptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
= Aublysodon mirandus
Leidy 1868
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Carpenter 1982 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Tyrannosauridae | ||||||||||
UCM 43477 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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? Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Database 2005 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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Estes 1964 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia fragosa
Jordan 1927
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Estes 1964 | 26 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | ||||||||||
UCMP 54045-54048, 54062, 54073-54074, 54082, 54088, 54092-54093, 54104-54105, 54178-54180, 54188, 54196-54198, 54260, 54262, 56019; + 3 + many unnumbered specimens | ||||||||||
cf. Protamia sp.
(Leidy 1873)
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Estes 1964 | 1 element | ||||||||
UCMP 56276 | ||||||||||
Melvius thomasi
Bryant 1987
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Database 2005 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
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Teleostei informal indet. U-4
(Müller 1846)
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
UALVP 58847, abdominal centra | ||||||||||
Osteoglossomorpha indet.
Greenwood et al. 1966
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 36 specimens | ||||||||
= Coriops/Lopadichthys; UALVP 58845, centra of large size; UALVP 58846, centra of small size | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
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Wilsonichthys aridinsulensis
Murray et al. 2016
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 33 specimens | ||||||||
UALVP 56054, centra type BvE | ||||||||||
aff. Lopadichthys sp.
Murray et al. 2018
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UALVP 56055, dentary | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Hiodontiformes
- Hiodontidae
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Hiodontidae informal indet. small morph
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
UALVP uncatalogued | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Estesesox sp.
Wilson et al. 1992
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
UALVP 58852, dentary; UALVP 58854, palatine; UALVP 58844, centrum type NvC | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
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Acanthomorpha informal indet. HC-1
(Rosen 1973)
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
UALVP 58830, three first abdominal centra; UALVP 58876, 18 abdominal centra | ||||||||||
Acanthomorpha informal indet. HC-2
(Rosen 1973)
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
UALVP 58832, six first abdominal centra; UALVP 58831, 14 abdominal centra | ||||||||||
Acanthomorpha informal indet. HC-3
(Rosen 1973)
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
UALVP 58833, seven first abdominal centra | ||||||||||
Acanthomorpha informal indet. HC-4
(Rosen 1973)
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
UALVP 58836, one first abdominal centrum; UALVP 58834, seven abdominal centra | ||||||||||
Acanthomorpha informal indet. HC-6
(Rosen 1973)
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
UALVP 58847, one abdominal centrum | ||||||||||
Acanthomorpha informal indet. HC-5
(Rosen 1973)
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata | ||||||||||
UALVP 58829, first abdominal centrum | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Percopsiformes
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Percopsiformes indet.
Berg 1940
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UALVP 59912, dentary | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Platacodon nanus
Marsh 1889
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Estes 1964 | 10 elements | ||||||||
dentaries; UALVP 58851, pharyngeal tooth plate. | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
|
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Euteleostei informal indet. RvB
Rosen 1973
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UALVP 58848, one abdominal centrum | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Gonorhynchiformes
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Gonorhynchiformes informal indet. H
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
UALVP 58842, eight abdominal centra (centrum type HvA) | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
|
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Otophysi informal indet. U-3/BvD
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
corrected as Otophysa | ||||||||||
UALVP 58839, seven anterior Weberian centra (centrum type U3); UALVP 58840, two possible fourth Weberian centra; UALVP 58838, two abdominal centra (centrum type BvD) | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
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Elopiformes indet.
Sauvage 1875
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
UALVP 58837, one complete and one partial centrum | ||||||||||
Ostariostoma sp.
Schaeffer 1949
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
UALVP 56053, four dentaries represented by their anterior end and one complete dentary | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Elopidae
|
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Elopidae indet.
Bonaparte 1846
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Estes 1964 | 2 elements | ||||||||
UCMP 55816-55817 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Phyllodontidae indet.
Sauvage 1875
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | |||||||||
UALVP58837 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albulidae indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Estes 1964 | |||||||||
fragments | ||||||||||
Coriops sp.
Estes 1969
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Brinkman et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UALVP 58853, basibranchial element of small size | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
|
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Belonostomus longirostris
(Lambe 1902)
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UCP 54000, multiple fragments | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 104.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.6° North, 79.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lance |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified sandy "shale" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "a sandy shale" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
Collectors: | W. A. Clemens | Collection dates: | 1985 |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V-5711 (BTB locality) | ||
Database number: | 14519 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, R. Benson, P. Mannion, M. Bell, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, G. Varnham, M. Bell, R. Benson, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-10-05 09:19:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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33900 | ETE | P. Brodkorb. 1963. Birds from the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming. Proceedings of the XIII International Ornithological Congress 55-70 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
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