Baculum Draconis Quarry (BDQ): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
ETE occurrence; species: mak - genus name from order name
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
ETE occurrence; species: mak - genus name from order name
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
ETE occurrence; species: Hadrosauridae
Reptilia - Pachycephalosauridae
Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945
ETE occurrence; species: Pachycephalosauridae
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
ETE occurrence; species: Ceratopsidae
Reptilia - Saurischia
Saurischia indet. Seeley 1888
ETE occurrence; species: mak- genus name from order name
Reptilia - Champsosauridae
Champsosauridae indet. Cope 1876
ETE occurrence; species: Champsosauridae
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanidae indet. Hardwicke and Gray 1824
ETE occurrence; species: Varanidae
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
ETE occurrence; species: Lepisostidae
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
ETE occurrence; species: Dasyatidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 104.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.8° North, 79.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lance
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: . radiometric intage_min
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: .
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:-bonebed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:1 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1512, Baculum Draconis Quarry (BDQ),
Database number:22638
Authorizer:A. Behrensmeyer Enterer:A. Behrensmeyer
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2001-03-27 01:00:00 Last modified:2022-02-03 07:47:01
Access level:the public Released:2001-03-27 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5739.ETE 1495P. D. Semonche. 1999. A diverse bonebed near K/T bounary in Wyoming. In: Abstracts of papers: Fifty-ninth annual meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists; Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3 Suppl.):1-78 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]