USNM Loc. 42175, Paton's Hole: Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian, Wyoming
collected by M. Carrano 2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Pleocyemata indet.
Burkenroad 1963
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| crayfish gastroliths | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Osteichthyes indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| limb | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Squamata
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Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Glyptops pervicax
Hay 1908
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Paracryptodira | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Naomichelys speciosa
Hay 1908
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Atoposauridae indet.
(Gervais 1871)
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50 specimens | |||||||||
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= Mesoeucrocodylia indet.
Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
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Tennant et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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43 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Bernissartiidae
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cf. Bernissartidae indet.
Dollo 1883
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| corrected as Bernissartiidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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cf. Pholidosauridae indet.
(von Zittel and Eastman 1902)
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31 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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cf. Goniopholididae indet.
Cope 1875
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Ornithischia indet.
(Seeley 1888)
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123 specimens | |||||||||
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cf. Zephyrosaurus sp.
Sues 1980
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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28 specimens | |||||||||
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Tetanurae indet.
Gauthier 1986
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Deinonychus antirrhopus
Ostrom 1969
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Aves indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
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? Titanosauriformes indet.
Salgado et al. 1997
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpeton sp.
Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Caudata indet.
(Scopoli 1777)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Holostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
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Amiiformes indet.
Hay 1929
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Hybodontoidea indet.
Agassiz 1834
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Egertonodus sp.
Maisey 1987
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Polyacrodontidae
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Hybodus cf. parvidens
Woodward 1916
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Polyacrodus parvidens | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
| Coordinates: | 44.7° North, 107.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.9° North, 66.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
| Altitude: | 1481 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian |
| Age range of interval: | 109.90000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown sandy mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | white claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Tan sandy mudstone above white claystone" | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | M. Carrano | Collection dates: | 2004 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MTC WY-04020 | ||
| Database number: | 137562 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-18 03:22:56 | Last modified: | 2022-01-27 06:38:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-18 03:22:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44000. | M. P. J. Oreska, M. T. Carrano, and K. M. Dzikiewicz. 2013. Vertebrate paleontology of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), I: faunal composition, biogeographic relationships, and sampling. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):264-292 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 79303 | M. D. D’Emic, B. Z. Foreman, N. A. Jud, B. B. Britt, M. Schmitz and J. L. Crowley. 2019. Chronostratigraphic Revision of the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Western Interior, USA). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 60(1):3-40 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham] | |
| 59838 | J. P. Tennant, P. D. Mannion, and P. Upchurch. 2016. Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:854-936 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |