Also known as Case Estuary Site 8:30
Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.2° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 75.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Teapot Sandstone Member (Mesaverde Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: G. R. Case. 1987. A new selachian fauna from the late Campanian of Wyoming (Teapot Sandstone Member, Mesaverde Formation, Big Horn Basin). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 197(Lfg. 1-3):1-37 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70499: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 26.03.2007, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis, Hybodus wyomingensis n. sp.
"Hybodus montanensis" = Meristodonoides montanensis Case 1978 elasmobranch
Hybodus wyomingensis n. sp. elasmobranch | |
"Lissodus griffisi n. sp." = Lonchidion griffisi
"Lissodus griffisi n. sp." = Lonchidion griffisi Case 1987 elasmobranch | |
Synechodus turneri n. sp.
Synechodus turneri n. sp. Case 1987 elasmobranch | |
Centrophoroides worlandensis n. sp.
Centrophoroides worlandensis n. sp. dogfish shark | |
Squatirhina roessingi n. sp. Case 1987 ray
Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978 guitarfish | |
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977 guitarfish | |
Ptychotrygon greybullensis n. sp.
Ptychotrygon greybullensis n. sp. Case 1987 ray | |
Archaeotriakis ornatus n. sp.
Archaeotriakis ornatus n. sp. hound shark | |
Cretorectolobus olsoni Case 1978 wobbegong | |
Hypotodus grandis, Odontaspis cheathami n. sp., Odontaspis steineri n. sp., Pseudodontaspis herbsti n. gen. n. sp.
Hypotodus grandis Case 1978 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis cheathami n. sp. sand tiger shark
Odontaspis steineri n. sp. sand tiger shark
Pseudodontaspis herbsti n. gen. n. sp. sand tiger shark | |
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark | |
Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark | |
"Plicatolamna arcuata" = Archaeolamna kopingensis
"Plicatolamna arcuata" = Archaeolamna kopingensis Davis 1890 mackerel shark | |
Mammalia | |
Theria indet. Parker and Haswell 1897 mammal |