Anthill Hotspot: Late/Upper Campanian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
(1 measurement)
Alphadon russelli Fox 1979
Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
recombined as Turgidodon russelli
Mammalia - Zhelestidae
Paranyctoides megakeros Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
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)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Cimolomys clarki Sahni 1972
Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Centrophoroides worlandensis n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon ellae n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza avonicola Estes 1964
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Rhinobatos casieri Herman 1977
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Pseudodontaspis herbsti n. gen., n. sp.
Hypotodus grandis Case 1978
Odontaspis cheathami n. sp.
Odontaspis steineri n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Plicatolamna arcuata (Woodward 1894)
synonym of Archaeolamna kopingensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cretorectolobus olsoni Case 1978
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae
Brachaelurus bighornensis n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Archaeotriakis rochelleae Case 1978
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus turneri n. sp. Case 1987
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus montanensis Case 1978
recombined as Meristodonoides montanensis
Hybodus wyomingensis n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lissodus griffisi n. sp. Case 1987
recombined as Lonchidion griffisi
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]