USGS D815 (UCMP V98173): Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian, Utah
collected by USGS and J. H. Hutchison

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 2 specimens
UCMP 235234, scale fragment; 235235, vertebra
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Melvius cf. chauliodous (Hall and Wolberg 1989)
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 8 specimens
UCMP 235226-235233, skull bones and vertebrae
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 6 specimens
UCMP 235246, distal phalanx; 235247, 235251, prox. femora; 235248, MT III; 235249-250, distal femur
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 1 specimen
UCMP 235245, partial tooth
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 6 specimens
UCMP 235252, limb fragments; 235253, vertebra; 252001, 235254-255, jaw fragments
Lambeosaurinae indet. Parks 1923
1 specimen
UCMP 152028, partial maxilla
    = Adelolophus hutchisoni n. gen., n. sp. Gates et al. 2014
Gates et al. 2014
Reptilia
Mesoeucrocodylia indet. Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
Irmis et al. 2013 1 specimen
UCMP 150156, dentary
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 4 specimens
UCMP 235237-235241, misc. fragments (incl. plastron)
Neurankylus sp. Lambe 1902
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 1 specimen
UCMP 235240, part of costal 1
Denazinemys nodosa (Gilmore 1916)
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 2 specimens
UCMP 252017, costal 1; 235242, unassoc. misc. fragments
Arvinochelys sp. (Lively 2015)
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 1 specimen
original and current combination Arvinachelys
UCMP 235584, anterior plastron fragment
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys sp. Hay 1902
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 1 specimen
UCMP 235256, shell fragment
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 2 specimens
UCMP 235243, hypoplastron; 235244, misc. shell fragments
Acipenseriformes
Acipenseriformes indet. Berg 1940
Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 1 specimen
UCMP 235236, fragment of pectoral fin spine
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Garfield
Coordinates: 37.6° North, 111.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 83.1° 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 - Middle Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wahweap Member:Coyote Point
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 700 meters above base of formation, "upper member"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: well-cemented sandstone, which adheres to most specimens.
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:USGS and J. H. Hutchison
Metadata
Also known as:GS-ENM
Database number:167916
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Holroyd Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-04-07 09:52:37 Last modified:2023-11-21 09:17:54
Access level:the public Released:2015-04-07 09:52:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
86538. T. A. Gates, E. K. Lund, M. A. Getty, J. L. Kirkland, A. L. Titus and D. D. DeBlieux. 2010. Late Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaurs from the Kaiparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. Learning from the Land: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Symposium Proceedings 159-172 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

54881 T. A. Gates, Z. Jinnah, C. Levitt and M. A. Getty. 2014. New hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) specimens from the lower-middle Campanian Wahweap Formation of southern Utah. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 156-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
85381 T. A. Gates, E. K. Lund, D. B. DeBlieux, A. L. Titus, D. C. Evans, M. A. Getty, J. I. Kirkland and J. G. Eaton. 2013. Ornithopod dinosaurs from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument region, Utah, and their role in paleobiogeographic and macroevolutionary studies. In A. L. Titus & M. A. Loewen (ed.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 463-481 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
59512 P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2016. Fauna and setting of the Adelolophus hutchisoni type locality in the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Wahweap Formation of Utah. PaleoBios 33(31196):1-9 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
85699 R. B. Irmis, J. H. Hutchison, J. J. W. Sertich and A. L. Titus. 2013. Crocodyliforms from the Late Cretaceous of Grnd Staircase-Escalante National Monument and vicinity, 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 424-444 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]