Also known as Dilts Ranch
Where: Converse County, Wyoming (43.3° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 97.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: White River Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
• "early Orellan"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by K. Sundell in 1976; reposited in the UW
• University of Wyoming collection
Primary reference: B. H. Breithaupt and D. Duvall. 1986. The oldest record of serpent aggregastion. Lethaia 19:181-185 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99678: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Ogmophis sp. Cope 1844 Mexican burrowing snake | |
Calamagras sp. Cope 1873 dwarf boa |