Crosby Site: Campanian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus sp. Cope 1876
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
"small"
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
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]