Also known as MNA 1260, UMNH VP Loc. 8
Where: Iron County, Utah (35.6° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 80.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: John Henry Member (Straight Cliffs Formation), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• formation assignments are equivalents
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; mudstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: sieve,
Primary reference: J. G. Eaton, S. Diem, J. D. Archibald, C. Schierup, and H. Munk. 1999. Vertebrate paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Markagunt Plateau, southwestern Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:323-333 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 14417: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
"Acanthomorpha indet." = Acanthomorphata2
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Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
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Reptilia | |
Squamata indet. squamates | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Cantioscyllium markaguntensis n. sp.6
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Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch |