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Gas Hills area 70km west of Casper , Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 42.84,-107.65 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Wyoming, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Fremont County, Wyoming, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Gas Hills area 70km west of Casper (Megalneusaurus rex type locality) | Wahl W. R., Ross M., et al (2007) | Sundance - Redwater Shale | Upper Sundance Formation Uppermost band of the marine beds of the Jurassic Upper Redwater Shale, 10 m below the Windy Hill Sandstone of the Morrison Formation | sandstone | 163.5 - 157.3 Ma Jurassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Megalneusaurus rex species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pliosauridae : Megalneusaurus : Cimoliosaurus rex | 163.5 - 157.3 Ma Jurassic |
References
Wahl W. R., Ross M., et al (2007) Rediscovery of Wilbur Knight's Megalneustes rex site: new material from an old pit, Paludicola 6 2, 94-104 |
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!