Crosby Site: Campanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus sp.
Cope 1876
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Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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"small" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
Coordinates: | 45.0° North, 108.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.9° North, 75.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "uppermost Judith River Formation equivalent... fossiliferous stratum is a coarse dark-colored sandstone... Judith River lithology"; said to be Judithian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: "coarse dark-colored sandstone" | |
Environment: | deltaic indet. |
Geology comments: "marginal marine deltaic" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 35367 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-12-07 17:03:56 | Last modified: | 2003-12-07 19:03:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-07 17:03:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9554. | J. A. Pappas, B. R. O'Grady, and D. C. Parris. 2003. A Judithian microfaunal locality in Elk Basin, Park County, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3, suppl.):85A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |