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Eastern Niobrara County, Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 43.2889,-104.114 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
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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Eastern Niobrara County | Russell D. A. (1964) | Pierre Shale | "near base of Pierre" | "shale" | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Platecarpus tympaniticus species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Platecarpus : Platecarpus tympaniticus | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Russell D. A. (1964) The Skull of American Mosasaurs, 1-386 |
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!