Also known as GS-ENM, Machairoceratops type
Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.5° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 82.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Coyote Point Member (Wahweap Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• middle part of upper member or "upper sand member"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2006–2007
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
Primary reference: M. A. Loewen, A. A. Farke, S. D. Sampson, M. A. Getty, E. K. Lund and P. M. O'Connor. 2013. Ceratopsid dinosaurs from the Grand Staircase of southern Utah. In A. L. Titus & M. A. Loewen (ed.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 488-503 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178847: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Machairoceratops cronusi n. gen. n. sp.
Machairoceratops cronusi n. gen. n. sp. Lund et al. 2016 ceratopsid UMNH VP 20550 ("Wahweap centrosaurine B")
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