west slope, Como Bluff (YPM): Middle Cenomanian, Wyoming
collected by W. Reed 1881
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Nodosaurus textilis n. gen., n. sp.
Marsh 1889
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1 individual | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Albany |
Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 105.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 66.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
*International age/stage: | Middle Cenomanian | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 99.60000 - 93.50000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Frontier | Member: | Belle Fourche | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: described as "about 400 feet above the Dakota sandstone". |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "nodular horizon" | |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
Collectors: | W. Reed | Collection dates: | 1881 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Nodosaurus type | ||
Database number: | 28437 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-02-13 13:51:18 | Last modified: | 2017-08-02 10:17:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-13 13:51:18 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
7835. | O. C. Marsh. 1889. Notice of gigantic horned Dinosauria from the Cretaceous. American Journal of Science 38:173-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
7836 | K. Carpenter and J. I. Kirkland. 1998. Review of Lower and middle Cretaceous ankylosaurs from North America. Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, S. G. Lucas, J. I. Kirkland & J. W. Estep (eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:249-270 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
62949 | E. Hennig. 1915. Fossilium Catalogus. I: Animalia. Pars 9: Stegosauria 1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14178 | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1921. The Cretaceous armored dinosaur, Nodosaurus textilis Marsh. The American Journal of Science, series 5 1(2):97-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |