Ferris Formation (UW V-92010): Lancian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lissodus selachos
(Estes 1964)
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
original and current combination Lonchidion selachos | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Squatirhina americana
Estes 1964
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
recombined as Restesia americana | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Caudata indet.
Scopoli 1777
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Habrosaurus dilatus
Gilmore 1928
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon nitidus
Marsh 1889
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2 specimens | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Neoplagiaulacidae indet.
Ameghino 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
"perhaps... Mesodma sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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cf. Cimolestes sp.
Marsh 1889
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Peradectidae
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Peradectidae indet.
Crochet 1979
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Plastomenus sp.
Cope 1873
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
= cf. Plastomeninae sp.
Hay 1902
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Plastomenidae | ||||||||||
UW 25180 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretoides sp.
Gardner et al. 1995
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
= Trionychidae sp.
Gray 1825
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2002 | |||||||||
?either UW 27362 or 27292 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Chamopsiidae
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Leptochamops denticulatus
(Gilmore 1928)
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Eusuchia sp.
Huxley 1875
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Brachychampsa sp.
Gilmore 1911
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Chasmosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1915
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1918
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Saurornitholestes sp.
Sues 1978
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Paronychodon lacustris
Cope 1876
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Paronychodon | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ornithomimidae
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Ornithomimidae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Aublysodon mirandus
Leidy 1868
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Tyrannosauridae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Cyclurus fragosa
(Jordan 1927)
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | |||||||||
recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Carbon |
Coordinates: | 41.9° North, 106.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.9° North, 82.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 | *Epoch: | Senonian | *Local age/stage: | Lancian |
Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UW |
Metadata
Also known as: | Deja Vu | ||
Database number: | 14540 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, R. Benson | Enterer: | J. Alroy, R. Benson |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-10-09 11:45:46 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1419. | J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history: geologic setting, Multituberculata, and Peradectia. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):3-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
42536 | P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component. Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:177-190 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |