UCM 84157: Early/Lower Campanian, Utah
collected by J. G. Eaton
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth partial | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidion sp.
Estes 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth partial | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Chimaeridae
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Chimaeridae indet.
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3 specimens | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Garfield |
Coordinates: | 38.1° North, 110.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.9° North, 81.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | mudstone |
Secondary lithology: | carbonaceous "shale" |
Lithology description: "It shows a marked decrease in sandstone compared to the lower member and is dominated by drab mudstones and carbonaceous shales" | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Geology comments: "the middle member of the Masuk Formation [was] deposited in a meander-belt system with point bar, levee, crevasse splay, and overbank deposits" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | J. G. Eaton |
Metadata
Database number: | 167502 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2015-03-19 16:39:45 | Last modified: | 2015-03-20 14:14:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-19 16:39:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25625. | ETE | J. G. Eaton. 1990. Stratigraphic revision of Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) rocks in the Henry Basin, Utah. The Mountain Geologist 27(1):27-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |