Also known as Torosaurus latus type, Lance Creek, Hatcher Sk. 19
Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 104.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 79.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lance Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• "Laramie"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, concretionary, blue, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, concretion
Collected by J. B. Hatcher in 1891; reposited in the YPM
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: O. C. Marsh. 1891. Notice of new vertebrate fossils. The American Journal of Science, series 3 42:265-269 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46134: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Torosaurus latus n. gen. n. sp.
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