OMNH V2, Death RIdge (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as DR2, MNA 455-2

Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.6° N, 111.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wahweap Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• said to be early Campanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. G. Eaton and R. L. Cifelli. 1988. Preliminary report on Late Cretaceous mammals of the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 26(2):45-55 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14429: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

• most mammals from V11 (near Henrieville, Garfield County) and V8 (Garfield County); V2 is near Death Ridge, Garfield County; UMNH VP Locality 77 is mentioned by Eaton 1999a and is in Bryce Canyon National Park

•see also Eaton et al. 1999

•marsupials of Cifelli 1990b replace the following: Alphadon sp. forms "A," "B," and "C"; two additional peradectids "A" and "B"; Stagodontidae indet.

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.3 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
OMNH 24267
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha -
Paranyctoides "sp. B" Fox 1979 eutherian
OMNH 21984; = Wahweap species B
Iugomortiferum thoringtoni n. gen. n. sp.1 Cifelli 1990 metatherian
OMNH 20936, 20928, 20136
Anchistodelphys archibaldi1 Cifelli 1990 metatherian
OMNH 20132, 20137
 Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Symmetrodontoides foxi n. sp.2 Cifelli and Madsen 1986 mammal
from MNA locality DR1, 24 km SSW of Escalante, Garfield County: Cifelli and Madsen 1986; also at OMNH V11 and V16: Cifelli and Gordon 1999
 Multituberculata -
Paracimexomys sp. Archibald 1982 multituberculate
two forms, at least one new
Cimexomys cf. antiquus Fox 1971 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon sp. Marsh 1889 multituberculate
two additional Cimolodon sp.
Cimolodon electus Fox 1971 multituberculate
Cimolodon similis Fox 1971 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
? Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Mesodma cf. formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
? Cimolomyidae indet. Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
? Meniscoessus sp. Cope 1882 multituberculate
Cimolomys sp. Marsh 1889 multituberculate
said to be new
Cimolomys clarki Sahni 1972 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Squamata -
cf. Scincomorpha "indet. Wahweap Morphotype A"4 Camp 1923 squamates
OMNH 21995, posterior portion of left maxilla
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.5 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid