UCM 83268, Steele Butte: Early/Lower Campanian, Utah
collected by J. G. Eaton
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Ptychotrigon sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Naomichelys sp.
Hay 1908
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1 fragment | |||||||||
carapace fragment | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
1 carapace fragment. Fossil from second individual unstated | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
(Gray 1825)
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1 fragment | |||||||||
carapace fragment | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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1 fragment | |||||||||
carapace fragment | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys sp.
Hay 1902
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1 fragment | |||||||||
carapace fragment | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth partial | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Saurischia indet.
(Seeley 1888)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tooth partial | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiidae indet.
Huxley 1861
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1 specimen | |||||||||
vertebra | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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2 individuals | |||||||||
teeth; teeth fragments | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Chimaeridae
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Chimaeridae indet.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
4 teeth from one individual, ~20 teeth from the other | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Batoidea indet.
()
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2 individuals | |||||||||
1 tooth from each individual | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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2 individuals | |||||||||
scales; 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: | outcrop |
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: | "cross stratification" sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | carbonaceous mudstone |
Lithology description: "The base of the lower member consists of 13-66 ft (4-20 m) of coal and carbonaceous shale, commonly divided by thin ripple-laminated sandstones. The coal zone is overlain by 131 ft (40 m) of trough cross-stratified sandstones and associated flood-basin carbonaceous mudstones" | |
Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
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: | 167530 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2015-03-20 12:42:44 | Last modified: | 2015-03-20 14:03:10 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-20 12:42:44 |
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] |