Hanna Basin (Ferris Fm., general): Lancian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Ceratopsia indet.
Marsh 1890
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Triceratops sp.
Marsh 1889
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Reptilia
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Carbon |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 106.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.8° North, 82.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ferris | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: basal part of formation, "conglomeratic zone" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Database number: | 165878 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-30 13:50:21 | Last modified: | 2018-01-24 16:43:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-30 13:50:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54221. | C. F. Bowen. 1918. Stratigraphy of the Hanna Basin, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 108-L:227-235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 59351 | T. M. Lehman. 1987. Late Maastrichtian paleoenvironments and dinosaur biogeography in the Western Interior of North America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 60:189-217 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 12314 | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1933. A revision of the Ceratopsia or horned dinosaurs. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 3(3):1-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |