Thescelosaurus type, Dogie Creek: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Wyoming
collected by Hatcher & Utterback 1891
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Thescelosaurus neglectus n. gen., n. sp.
Gilmore 1913
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1 specimen | |||||||||
USNM 7757 (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 104.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.7° North, 79.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lance |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Articulated whole bodies: | all |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
Collectors: | Hatcher & Utterback | Collection dates: | 1891 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Doegie Creek | ||
Database number: | 48626 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-24 13:58:27 | Last modified: | 2022-06-08 16:09:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-24 13:58:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13458. | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1913. A new dinosaur from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Publications 61(5):1-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
31494 | C. A. Boyd, C. M. Brown, R. D. Scheetz and J. A. Clarke. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the basal neornithischian taxa Thescelosaurus and Bugenasaura. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):758-770 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] | |
81845 | K. L. Derstler. 1994. Dinosaurs of the Lance Formation in eastern Wyoming. In G. E. Nelson (ed.), Wyoming Geological Association Forty-Fourth Annual Field Conference. Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook 44:127-146 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
12623 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 1974. Notes on Thescelosaurus, a conservative ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, with comments on ornithopod classification. Journal of Paleontology 48(5):1048-1067 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
12971 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 1995. The species of the basal hypsilophodontid dinosaur Thescelosaurus Gilmore (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 198(3):297-311 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
12059 | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1915. Osteology of Thescelosaurus, an orthopodous dinosaur from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49(2127):591-616 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |