Mammal Quarry No. 3 (UCMP V-5816) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Lance Quarry 3, Lull's Locality 3, Hatcher No. 3

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.1° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 79.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lance Formation, Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• "cross-stratified sandstone"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by J. B. Hatcher, W. A. Clemens in 1889; reposited in the UCMP, YPM

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

Primary reference: R. S. Lull. 1915. The mammals and horned dinosaurs of the Lance Formation of Niobrara County, Wyoming. The American Journal of Science, series 4 40(238):319-348 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14567: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Cimolestes sp. Marsh 1889 eutherian
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
"Nanomyops minutus" = Cimolodon nitidus, "Halodon serratus" = Cimolodon nitidus
"Nanomyops minutus" = Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
"Halodon serratus" = Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
"Halodon formosus" = Mesodma formosa
"Halodon formosus" = Mesodma formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
"Dipriodon lunatus" = Meniscoessus robustus, "Halodon sculptus" = Meniscoessus robustus, "Cimolomys sp." = Cimolomys, "Nanomyops sp." = Cimolomys
"Dipriodon lunatus" = Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
"Halodon sculptus" = Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
"Cimolomys sp." = Cimolomys Marsh 1889 multituberculate
"Nanomyops sp." = Cimolomys Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin