Kent 1: Lancian, Wyoming
collected by W. A. Clemens
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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Estes 1964 | 2 elements | ||||||||
Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Acipenser eruciferus
(Cope 1876)
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Database 2005 | 1 element | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Prodesmodon copei
Estes 1964
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Habrosaurus dilatus
Gilmore 1928
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Meniscoessus robustus
(Marsh 1889)
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Reptilia
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Parasaniwa wyomingensis
Gilmore 1928
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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? Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Chamopsiidae
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Chamops segnis
Marsh 1892
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Database 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Archosauria
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Archosauria indet.
Cope 1869
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Saurornitholestinae indet.
Longrich and Currie 2009
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Larson and Currie 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UCMP 186891 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Sauria
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Sauria indet.
MacCartney 1802
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Database 2005 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Database 2005 | 1 element | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Melvius thomasi
Bryant 1987
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Database 2005 | 1 element | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Aspidorhynchidae
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Belonostomus longirostris
(Lambe 1902)
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Database 2005 | 1 element | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 104.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.7° North, 79.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lance |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "cross-stratified sandstone" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Collectors: | W. A. Clemens |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V-5618 | ||
Database number: | 14577 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2013-09-17 17:09:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1239. | W. A. Clemens. 1964. Fossil mammals of the type Lance Formation, Wyoming. Part I. Introduction and Marsupialia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 48:1-105 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
13103 | U.C.M.P. Database. 2005. UCMP collections database. University of California Museum of Paleontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
803 | R. Estes. 1964. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49:1-187 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Carrano] | |
48570 | D. W. Larson and P. J. Currie. 2013. Multivariate analyses of small theropod dinosaur teeth and implications for paleoecological turnover through time. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54329:1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |