Outhouse, UCMP 5710: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Reptilia
cf. Dryptosaurus sp. Marsh 1877
Brachychampsa montana Gilmore 1911
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Niobrara
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 104.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.7° North, 79.3° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lance
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:none
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Database number:57158
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-12-07 09:39:34 Last modified:2022-02-03 07:52:49
Access level:the public Released:2005-12-07 09:39:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]