Little People Blowout: Lancian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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cf. Saurornitholestes sp.
Sues 1978
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Sankey 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= Saurornitholestinae indet.
Longrich and Currie 2009
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Larson and Currie 2013 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Brachychampsa montana
Gilmore 1911
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Estes 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Leidyosuchus sternbergi
(Gilmore 1910)
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Estes 1964 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Borealosuchus sternbergii | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Sauria
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Sauria indet.
MacCartney 1802
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Database 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon nitidus
Marsh 1889
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Kindleia fragosa
Jordan 1927
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Estes 1964 | 1 element | ||||||||
| recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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Estes 1964 | 1 element | ||||||||
| original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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Estes 1964 | 1 element | ||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidion selachos
Estes 1964
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Estes 1964 | 1 element | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 104.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.6° North, 79.3° 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: | 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 |
| 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 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-5818 | ||
| Database number: | 14643 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2008-04-10 13:49:45 |
| 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] | |
| 34479 | ETE | J. T. Sankey. 2008. Diversity of latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) small theropods and birds: teeth from the Lance and Hell Creek formations, USA. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 117-134 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |