MNA Loc. 1230: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Pisces
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Pisces indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| synonym of Osteichthyes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Alphadon sp.
Simpson 1927
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= Metatheria indet.
Huxley 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Paracimexomys cf. priscus
(Lillegraven 1969)
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Reptilia
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cf. Scincoidea informal indet. Iron Springs Morphotype A
(Oppel 1811)
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Nydam 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" UMNH VP 19253, jaw fragment | ||||||||||
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cf. Scincoidea informal indet. Iron Springs Morphotype B
(Oppel 1811)
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Nydam 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" UMNH VP 19254, incomplete premaxilla | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Reptilia
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cf. Naomichelys sp.
Hay 1908
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Reptilia
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? Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Reptilia
- Troodontidae
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Troodontidae indet.
Gilmore 1924
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpetontidae indet.
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Batrachosauroididae indet.
Auffenberg 1958
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Gardner et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MNA V10272 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpetontidae indet.
(Auffenberg and Goin 1959)
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Gardner et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MNA V10273 | ||||||||||
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Habrosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Gardner et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MNA V12075 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Rhinobatoidea indet.
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 113.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.8° North, 84.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Iron Springs |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:near top of formation and therefore probably Coniacian or Santonian | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UMNH VP Loc. 12; north end, Pine Valley Mountains | ||
| Database number: | 14413 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Barrett, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano, T. Cleary |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-08-21 13:31:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1411. | ETE | J. G. Eaton. 1999. Vertebrate paleontology of the Iron Springs Formation, Upper Cretaceous, southwestern Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:339-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 65027 | J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
| 83843 | J. D. Gardner, J. G. Eaton, and R. L. Cifelli. 2013. Preliminary report on salamanders (Lissamphibia; Caudata) from the Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian–late Campanian of southern Utah, U.S.A. In A. L. Titus & M. A. Loewen (ed.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 237-272 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 60263 | R. L. Nydam. 2013. Lizards and snakes from the Cenomanian through Campanian of southern Utah: filling the gap in the fossil record of Squamata from the Late Cretaceous of the Western Interior of North America. In A. L. Titus & M. A. Loewen (ed.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 370-423 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/M. Carrano] |