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Mule Creek, Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 43.3785,-104.223 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Wyoming, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Mule Creek, 15 miles west of Edgemont | Carpenter K. (1999) | Montana - Pierre Shale - Sharon Springs | Ammonite Zone range of the Sharon Springs Member in Wyoming is Baculites sp. (weakly ribbed)-Baculites obtusus, Early Campanian according to Gill et al. 1972 | "shale" | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Styxosaurus browni species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Elasmosauridae : Styxosaurus : Styxosaurus browni | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Carpenter K. (1999) Revision of North American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the Western Interior, Paludicola 2 2, 148-173 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!