Anthill Hotspot: Late/Upper Campanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Cimolomys clarki
Sahni 1972
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Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Alphadontidae
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Alphadon russelli
Fox 1979
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Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 | |||||||||
recombined as Turgidodon russelli | ||||||||||
Alphadon sahnii
Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
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Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Zhelestidae
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Paranyctoides megakeros
Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
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Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Alostera saskatchewanensis | ||||||||||
described as specimen AMNH 109469, but this specimen elsewhere is not listed as present at this locality, whereas a second specimen, AMNH 109468 is; the latter is nowhere described; I assume a lapsus has occurred (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Protoplatyrhina renae
Case 1978
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos casieri
Herman 1977
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Myledaphus bipartitus
Cope 1876
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Ptychotrygonidae
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Ptychotrygon ellae n. sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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Ischyrhiza avonicola
Estes 1964
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Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Palaeospinacidae
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Synechodus turneri n. sp.
Case 1987
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Centrophoroides worlandensis n. sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Cretorectolobus olsoni
Case 1978
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Brachaeluridae
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Brachaelurus bighornensis n. sp.
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Archaeotriakis rochelleae
Case 1978
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus texanus
(Roemer 1852)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Archaeolamnidae
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Plicatolamna arcuata
(Woodward 1894)
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synonym of Archaeolamna kopingensis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Pseudodontaspis herbsti n. gen., n. sp.
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Odontaspis cheathami n. sp.
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Odontaspis steineri n. sp.
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Hypotodus grandis
Case 1978
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lissodus griffisi n. sp.
Case 1987
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recombined as Lonchidion griffisi | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus wyomingensis n. sp.
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Hybodus montanensis
Case 1978
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recombined as Meristodonoides montanensis | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Washaki |
Coordinates: | 44.1° North, 107.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.0° North, 75.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Mesaverde | Member: | Teapot Sandstone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Case Estuary Site 2 | ||
Database number: | 70269 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Kriwet, M. Carrano | Enterer: | W. Glaeser, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | W. Glaeser | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-03-20 11:07:59 | Last modified: | 2007-03-30 13:22:25 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-20 11:07:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
23339. | G. R. Case. 1987. A new selachian fauna from the late Campanian of Wyoming (Teapot Sandstone Member, Mesaverde Formation, Big Horn Basin). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 197(Lfg. 1-3):1-37 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
2237 | J. A. Lillegraven and M. C. McKenna. 1986. Fossil mammals from the "Mesaverde" Formation (Late Cretaceous, Judithian) of the Bighorn and Wind River basins, Wyoming, with definitions of Late Cretaceous North American Land-Mammal "Ages". American Museum Novitates 2840:1-68 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |