OMNH V5 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as TB8, MNA 1004-1; UMNH VP Loc. 108; 14 km northeast of Henrieville

Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.8° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kaiparowits Formation, Judithian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• said to be Judithian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, 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 14467: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano, Terri Cleary and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• entire fauna from one locality, which is about 470 m above OMNV V6 and V9
there are 18 therian specimens, but no reliable estimate for the multituberculates is obtainable; see note above
"Eodelphis sp." omitted by Eaton et al. 1999
Reptilia
 Squamata -
cf. Anguimorpha indet.8 squamates
Osteoderms: OMNH 66063, 66071, 66072; UMNH VP 18057, 18058, 48060
Platynota "indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype J"8 squamates
OMNH 21838, large tooth
 Squamata - Anguidae
Odaxosaurus roosevelti n. sp.8 Nydam 2013 squamates
OMNH 30748 (holotype), posterior portion of left dentary; 30747, anterior portion of right maxilla; 24182, posterior portion of right maxilla
Odaxosaurus priscus8 Gao and Fox 1996 squamates
OMNH 24176, jaw fragment; 24168, tooth; 18065, broken left maxilla; 19239, broken left dentary; 19240, broken left dentary
 Squamata - Xenosauridae
cf. Exostinus sp.8 Cope 1873 squamates
OMNH 66100, osteoderm; 66104, broken osteoderm; UMNH 18059, osteoderm; 18063, osteoderm
 Squamata -
Scincomorpha "indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype E"8 Camp 1923 squamates
OMNH 63529, broken right dentary?
Scincomorpha "indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype G"8 Camp 1923 squamates
OMNH 21167, broken left dentary
Scincomorpha indet.8 Camp 1923 squamates
Osteoderms: OMNH 66073, 66089, 18056
 Squamata - Contogeniidae
Palaeoscincosaurus pharkidodon9 Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009 squamates
OMNH 23861, 64194
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
cf. Leptochamops sp.10, "Manangyasaurus saueri" = Peneteius saueri7
cf. Leptochamops sp.10 Estes 1964 squamates
OMNH 23863, 64151, 64152, fragmentary jaws
"Manangyasaurus saueri" = Peneteius saueri7 McCord 1998 squamates
OMNH 21832, 23826
 Squamata -
Coniophis sp.8 Marsh 1892 snake
UMNH VP 19237, anterior caudal vertebra; 19238, trunk vertebra; 18061, broken trunk vertebra
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha -
Paranyctoides "sp. B"2 Fox 1979 eutherian
OMNH 20180, 21977-78; = Kaiparowits species B
 Theriamorpha - Gypsonictopidae
Gypsonictops "sp. C" Simpson 1927 eutherian
OMNH 21985
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadon cf. sahnii1 Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 metatherian
Alphadon attaragos1 Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 metatherian
OMNH 20152, 20141-43, 20145-47
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Eodelphis sp. Matthew 1916 metatherian
 Multituberculata -
Cimexomys sp. Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon "sp. A" Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Cimolodon "sp. B" Marsh 1889 multituberculate
? Cimolodon "sp. C" Marsh 1889 multituberculate
said to be new
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma cf. hensleighi Lillegraven 1969 multituberculate
Mesodma cf. thompsoni Clemens 1964 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
? Cimolomyidae indet. Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
 Multituberculata -
Paracimexomys "sp. B" Archibald 1982 multituberculate
Paracimexomys "sp. C" Archibald 1982 multituberculate
"Paracimexomys" magnus Sahni 1972 multituberculate
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.3 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
OMNH 23841
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton sp.5 Auffenberg 1961 salamander
OMNH 67060
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton sp.5 Cope 1876 salamander
UMNH VP 19187-88; OMNH 67046
 Salientia -
Anura "indet. 1"6 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
OMNH 23837, maxilla
Scotiophryne pustulosa6 Estes 1969 frog
UMNH VP 18437, 18446, 18447, 18451, maxillae; OMNH 24150*, bulk lot of fragmentary skull bones
Theatonius sp.4 Fox 1976 frog
said to be new species