Kent 484: Lancian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
Estes 1964
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
cf. Triceratops sp. Marsh 1889
Estes 1964
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
cf. Anatosaurus sp. Lull and Wright 1942
Estes 1964
synonym of Edmontosaurus
Reptilia
Leidyosuchus sternbergi (Gilmore 1910)
Estes 1964
recombined as Borealosuchus sternbergii
Brachychampsa montana Gilmore 1911
Estes 1964
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae sp. Cope 1882
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Voucher: UCMP 173432
cf. Baena sp. Leidy 1870
Estes 1964
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Voucher: UCMP 173434
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae sp. Gray 1825
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Voucher: UCMP 173437
Aspideretes beecheri Hay 1904
Estes 1964
recombined as Trionyx beecheri
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae sp. Swainson 1839
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Voucher: UCMP 173433
Reptilia - Testudines
Plastomenine informal A
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Voucher: UCMP 173435
    = Derrisemys sterea Hutchison 2009
Hutchison 2009
recombined as Hutchemys sterea
UCMP 173435
Helopanoplia sp. Hay 1908
Holroyd and Hutchison 2002
Voucher: UCMP 173436
Mammalia - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889
Clemens 1966
Mammalia - Pediomyidae
Pediomys florencae n. sp. Clemens 1966
Clemens 1966
recombined as Protolambda florencae
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928
Estes 1964 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Estes 1964
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Niobrara
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 104.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.5° North, 79.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lance
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-5820
Database number:14579
Authorizer:J. Alroy, R. Benson, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, R. Benson, P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-07-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:39
Access level:the public Released:1994-07-26 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:

1241 W. A. Clemens. 1966. Fossil mammals from the type Lance Formation, Wyoming. Part II. Marsupialia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 62:1-122 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]
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]
58298 J. H. Hutchison. 2009. New soft-shelled turtles (Plastomeninae, Trionychidae, Testudines) from the Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America. PaleoBios 29(2):36-47 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]