Also known as Case Estuary Site 2
Where: Washaki County, Wyoming (44.1° N, 107.7° W: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 75.6° 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 70269: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 20.03.2007, 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 | |
Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978 guitarfish | |
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish
Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977 guitarfish | |
Ptychotrygon ellae n. sp.
Ptychotrygon ellae n. sp. ray | |
Ischyrhiza avonicola Estes 1964 ray
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856 ray | |
Archaeotriakis rochelleae Case 1978 hound shark | |
Brachaelurus bighornensis n. sp.
Brachaelurus bighornensis n. sp. carpet 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 | |
Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark | |
"Plicatolamna arcuata" = Archaeolamna kopingensis
"Plicatolamna arcuata" = Archaeolamna kopingensis Davis 1890 mackerel shark | |
Mammalia | |
Cimolomys clarki Sahni 1972 multituberculate | |
"Paranyctoides megakeros" = Alostera saskatchewanensis
"Paranyctoides megakeros" = Alostera saskatchewanensis Fox 1989 eutherian described as specimen AMNH 109469, but this specimen elsewhere is not listed as present at this locality, whereas a second specimen, AMNH 109468 is; the latter is nowhere described; I assume a lapsus has occurred
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Alphadon sahnii, "Alphadon russelli" = Turgidodon russelli
Alphadon sahnii Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 metatherian
"Alphadon russelli" = Turgidodon russelli Fox 1979 metatherian |