PBDB Collection

OMNH V9, Wahweap Creek: Late/Upper Campanian, Utah

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Zhelestidae

	Avitotherium utahensis n. gen., n. sp. Cifelli 1990	Cifelli 1990	3 specimens
	MNA V4650, OMNH 20424, 20471
Mammalia

	Paranyctoides informal sp. A Fox 1979	Cifelli 1990	3 specimens
	OMNH 20648, 20473, MNA V4642; = Kaiparowits species A
Mammalia - Gypsonictopidae

	Gypsonictops informal sp. A Simpson 1927	Cifelli 1990	4 specimens
	OMNH 20131, 20425, MNA V4646, V4633

	Gypsonictops informal sp. B Simpson 1927	Cifelli 1990	5 specimens
	OMNH 20539, 20656, 20428, 20655, 20423
Mammalia

	Aenigmadelphys archeri Cifelli and Johanson 1994	Cifelli and Johanson 1994
Mammalia - Alphadontidae

	Alphadon halleyi Sahni 1972	Cifelli 1990

	Protalphadon wahweapensis Cifelli 1990	Cifelli 1990
	recombined as Varalphadon wahweapensis

	Turgidodon lillegraveni Cifelli 1990	Cifelli 1990

	Turgidodon madseni Cifelli 1990	Cifelli 1990
Mammalia - Pediomyidae

	Iqualadelphis lactea Fox 1987	Cifelli 1990
Reptilia

	Scincomorpha informal indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype F (Camp 1923)	Nydam 2013	1 specimen
	OMNH 33865, broken left maxilla

	Scincomorpha informal indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype G (Camp 1923)	Nydam 2013	1 specimen
	OMNH 30751, jaw fragment
Reptilia - Contogeniidae

	Palaeoscincosaurus pharkidodon n. sp. Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009	Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009	4 specimens
	OMNH 23762, 25935, 33855, 33873
Reptilia

	cf. Scincoidea informal indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype A	Nydam 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 33863, partial right dentary; 33883, partial premaxilla
	= Bothriagenys flectomendax Wick and Shiller 2020	Wick and Shiller 2020
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae

	Chamops cf. segnis Marsh 1892	Nydam and Voci 2007	1 specimen
	OMNH 33852
Reptilia

	cf. Anguimorpha indet. Fürbringer 1900	Nydam 2013	1 specimen
	Osteoderms: OMNH 66059
Reptilia - Anguidae

	Odaxosaurus priscus Gao and Fox 1996	Nydam 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 30657, 30771, isolated teeth
Reptilia

	Platynota informal indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype H (Baur 1890)	Nydam 2013	1 specimen
	OMNH 33858, fragment of anterior of right dentary
Reptilia - Xenosauridae

	cf. Exostinus sp. Cope 1873	Nydam 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 33885, incomplete left dentary; 33860, incomplete right maxilla
Reptilia

	cf. Scincoidea informal indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype B (Oppel 1811)	Nydam 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 33867, broken maxilla; 33879, broken left dentary

	cf. Scincoidea informal indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype C (Oppel 1811)	Nydam 2013	1 specimen
	OMNH 30750, broken right dentary

	cf. Scincoidea informal indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype D (Oppel 1811)	Nydam 2013	3 specimens
	OMNH 30754, broken left maxilla; 30757, jaw fragment; 30772, broken left dentary
Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Anura informal indet. 1 (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)	Gardner et al. 2016	1 specimen
	OMNH 67111*, maxilla

	Scotiophryne pustulosa Estes 1969	Gardner and DeMar 2013	7 specimens
	OMNH 67093, 67105, 67106, maxillae; OMNH 67107, 67108, squamosals; OMNH 67109, 67110, frontoparietals

	Theatonius sp. Fox 1976	Gardner et al. 2016	1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

	Habrosaurus sp. Gilmore 1928	Gardner et al. 2013	1 specimen
	OMNH 67077

	Scapherpeton sp. Cope 1876	Gardner et al. 2013	9 specimens
	OMNH 67047–55

	Lisserpeton sp. Estes 1965	Gardner et al. 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 67056–57
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae

	Opisthotriton sp. Auffenberg 1961	Gardner et al. 2013	7 specimens
	OMNH 67061–67
Actinopteri

	Ostariophysi informal indet. U-3/BvD (Jordan and Evermann 1896)	Brinkman et al. 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 67120, 67124
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae

	Estesesox sp. Wilson et al. 1992	Brinkman et al. 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 67132; MNA V10359

	Estesesox foxi Wilson et al. 1992	Brinkman et al. 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 67131, 67119
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes

	Salmoniformes indet. Bleeker 1859	Brinkman et al. 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 67125-6

	Esocoidea indet. Bleeker 1859	Brinkman et al. 2013	1 specimen
	OMNH 67116
Actinopteri

	Acanthomorpha indet. (Rosen 1973)	Brinkman et al. 2013	3 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Acanthomorphata
	OMNH 67118, 67136, 67129

	Euteleostei informal indet. BvE Rosen 1973	Brinkman et al. 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 67127-8
Actinopteri - Hiodontiformes - Hiodontidae

	Hiodontidae indet.	Brinkman et al. 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 31248, 67122
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae

	Coriops sp. Estes 1969	Brinkman et al. 2013	2 specimens
	OMNH 67123; MNA V10337
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

	Amiinae indet. Bonaparte 1837	Brinkman et al. 2013	1 specimen
	OMNH 25938
Malacostraca - Decapoda

	Astacoidea indet. Latreille 1802	Brinkman et al. 2013	1 specimen
	MNA N9692
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Utah	County:	Kane
Coordinates:	37.4° North, 111.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	45.4° North, 83.0° 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:	Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:	83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Kaiparowits
Local section:	Kaiparowits	Local bed:	8
Local order:	bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Judithian, lower-middle part of formation

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	bulk,sieve,field collection
Rock censused:	300 kg
Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis

Metadata

Also known as:	MNA 454-6, HM6
Database number:	75836
Authorizer:	M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd, P. Barrett	Enterer:	M. Carrano, T. Cleary, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2007-10-31 07:23:16	Last modified:	2023-05-16 15:34:11
Access level:	the public	Released:	2007-10-31 07:23:16
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

1412.

J. G. Eaton and R. L. Cifelli. 1988. Preliminary report on Late Cretaceous mammals of the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 26(2):45-55 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

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]
1205		R. L. Cifelli. 1990. Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. I. Marsupials from the Kaiparowits Formation (Judithian). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):295-319 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
1208		R. L. Cifelli. 1990. Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. IV. Eutherian mammals from the Wahweap (Aquilean) and Kaiparowits (Judithian) Formations. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):346-360 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
1221		R. L. Cifelli and Z. Johanson. 1994. New marsupial from the Upper Cretaceous of Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(2):292-295 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
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]
64015		J. D. Gardner, C. M. Redman, and R. L. Cifelli. 2016. The hopping dead: Late Cretaceous frogs from the middle-late Campanian (Judithian) of western North America. Fossil Imprint 72(1-2):78-107 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/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]
31563	ETE	R. L. Nydam and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. The occurrence of Contogenys-like lizards in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the Western Interior of the U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):677-701 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]
25623	ETE	R. L. Nydam and G. E. Voci. 2007. Teiid-like scincomorphan lizards from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of southern Utah. Journal of Herpetology 41(2):211-219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
72588		S. L. Wick and T. A. Shiller, II. 2020. New taxa among a remarkably diverse assemblage of fossil squamates from the Aguja formation (lower Campanian) of west Texas. Cretaceous Research 114:104516:1-27 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]