Kent 1: Lancian, Wyoming
collected by W. A. Clemens

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Estes 1964 2 elements
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Acipenser eruciferus (Cope 1876)
Database 2005 1 element
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Database 2005 1 specimen
Prodesmodon copei Estes 1964
Database 2005 1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928
Database 2005 1 specimen
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus robustus (Marsh 1889)
Reptilia
Parasaniwa wyomingensis Gilmore 1928
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Anguidae
? Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Chamops segnis Marsh 1892
Database 2005 2 specimens
Reptilia - Archosauria
Archosauria indet. Cope 1869
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet. Cuvier 1807
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990
Database 2005 1 specimen
Saurornitholestinae indet. Longrich and Currie 2009
Larson and Currie 2013 1 specimen
UCMP 186891
Reptilia - Sauria
Sauria indet. MacCartney 1802
Database 2005 3 specimens
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Database 2005 1 element
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Melvius thomasi Bryant 1987
Database 2005 1 element
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus longirostris (Lambe 1902)
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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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]