Mesaverde Formation
110 distinct taxa, from 362 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 84–5.3 Mya.
Wyoming, Washington, Colorado, Utah · US
110 taxa · 362 fossils · 84–5.3 MyaMembers recorded: Teapot Sandstone, Bowie Shale.
Macrostrat dates this rock 91–66 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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19 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Cretorectolobus olsoni
- Meristodonoides montanensis
- Myledaphus bipartitus
- Archaeolamna kopingensis
- Carcharias steineri
- Ischyrhiza mira
- Protoplatyrhina renae
- Odontaspis aculeatus
- Squalus worlandensis
- Synechodus turneri
- Lonchidion griffisi
- Scapanorhynchus texanus
- Cimolomys clarki
- Pseudodontaspis herbsti
- Texatrygon avonicola
- Theria
- Turgidodon russelli
- Carcharias holmdelensis
- Conopeum
- Ptychotrygon boothi
- Alphadon halleyi
- Rhinobatos casieri
- Squalicorax kaupi
- Brachaelurus bighornensis
- Dysnoetopora
- Alphadon sahnii
- Columbusia roessingi
- Alostera saskatchewanensis
- Anura
- Archaeotriakis ornatus
- Archaeotriakis rochelleae
- Hybodus wyomingensis
- Lambeosaurinae
- Mesodma
- Multituberculata
- Xiphactinus vetus
- Dinosauria
- Dolichorhynchops
- Filikomys primaevus
- Gypsonictops lewisi
The 40 most often recorded, of 110.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.