1.5 miles below U-L ranch (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as USNM 4842

Where: Converse County, Wyoming (43.1° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 79.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lance Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• about same level as T. horridus type, but "considerably lower" than level of type of T. prorsus

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by O. C. Marsh; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. B. Hatcher, O. C. Marsh, and R. S. Lull. 1907. The Ceratopsia. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey 49:1-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46129: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Triceratops prorsus Marsh 1890 ceratopsid
USNM 4842