Kent 2 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-5715

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.0° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 79.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, brown, conglomeratic sandstone

• "a hard, brown, conglomeratic sandstone"

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by W. A. Clemens; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: W. A. Clemens. 1964. Fossil mammals of the type Lance Formation, Wyoming. Part I. Introduction and Marsupialia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 48:1-105 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14578: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii2
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii2 Gilmore 1910 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa montana2 Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon vorax1 Marsh 1889 metatherian
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus occidentalis2 Leidy 1856 gar
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus2 Cope 1876 guitarfish