Lance Creek near Dogie Creek: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Wyoming
collected by Peterson 1889
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Thescelosaurus neglectus
Gilmore 1913
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1 individual | |||||||||
| USNM 7758, paratype | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | Peterson | Collection dates: | 1889 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Doegie Creek | ||
| Database number: | 50085 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-05-06 07:43:24 | Last modified: | 2022-06-08 16:09:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-06 07:43:24 |
| 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] |
| 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] |