Mill Creek (MNA Loc. 1073): Judithian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula sp.
Blake 1940
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Brinkman et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MNA V8123 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Spalacotheriidae
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Symmetrodontoides foxi
Cifelli and Madsen 1986
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MNA V6461 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Alphadontidae
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Alphadon cf. wilsoni
Lillegraven 1969
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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= Alphadon cf. marshi
Simpson 1927
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Alphadon cf. attaragos
Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Turgidodon sp.
Cifelli 1990
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Alphadon russelli
Fox 1979
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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= Turgidodon cf. russelli
Fox 1979
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma sp.
Jepsen 1940
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mesodma cf. hensleighi
Lillegraven 1969
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mesodma cf. formosa
(Marsh 1889)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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? Cimolodon sp.
Marsh 1889
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cimolodon cf. nitidus
Marsh 1889
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Paracimexomys sp.
Archibald 1982
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cimexomys gregoryi n. sp.
Eaton 1993
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Kane |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 112.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.7° North, 83.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Judithian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wahweap | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: rocks of uncertain correlation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:see also Eaton 1999a generically identifiable NISP 34 said to be about the same age as the Kaiparowits Formation, i.e., Judithian | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNMH VP Loc. 83 | ||
| Database number: | 14474 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-07-24 12:53:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1406. | J. G. Eaton. 1993. Mammalian paleontology and correlation of uppermost Cretaceous rocks of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, Utah. In M. Morales (ed.), Aspects of Mesozoic Geology and Paleontology of the Colorado Plateau. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 59:163-180 [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] | |
| 83841 | D. B. Brinkman, M. G. Newbrey, A. G. Neuman and J. G. Eaton. 2013. Freshwater Osteichthyes from the Cenomanian to late Campanian of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. In A. L. Titus & M. A. Loewen (ed.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 195-236 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 1220 | R. L. Cifelli and C. L. Gordon. 1999. Symmetrodonts from the Late Cretaceous of southern Utah and distribution of archaic mammals in the Cretaceous of North America. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 44:1-15 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
| 1410 | ETE | J. G. Eaton. 1999. Vertebrate paleontology of the Paunsagunt Plateau, Upper Cretaceous, southwestern Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:335-338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
| 61882 | A. L. Titus, J. G. Eaton, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2016. Late Cretaceous stratigraphy and vertebrate faunas of the Markagunt, Paunsaugunt, and Kaiparowits plateaus, southern Utah. Geology of the Intermountain West 3:229-291 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 81455 | J. S. Tweet, V. L. Santucci, T. Connors and J. P. Kenworthy. 2012. Paleontological Resource Inventory and Monitoring: Northern Colorado Plateau Network. National Park Service Technical Report NPS/NCPN/NRTR—2012/585 xii-524 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |