OMNH V60: Middle Turonian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpetontidae indet.
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Gardner 1999 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
| OMNH 2442-24427, 25872-25875, 25878, 25880-25882, 25884-25885, 25916 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Aquiladelphidae
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Scalaria aquilana n. sp.
Cohen et al. 2020
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Cohen et al. 2020 | |||||||||
| recombined as Scalaridelphys aquilana | ||||||||||
| OMNH 29078 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Spalacotheriidae
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Symmetrodontoides oligodontos
Cifelli 1990
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Cifelli and Gordon 1999 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| OMNH 29039-40 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Symmetrodonta
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? Symmetrodonta indet.
Simpson 1925
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Cifelli and Gordon 1999 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| OMNH 29041, 29043 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Bryceomys fumosus
Eaton 1995
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Paracimexomys cf. robisoni
Eaton and Nelson 1991
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Reptilia
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Scincomorpha indet.
Camp 1923
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Nydam 2013 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Osteoderms: OMNH 64322, 67037, 67040 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Polyglyphanodontidae
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Dicothodon cifellii
Nydam et al. 2007
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Nydam et al. 2007 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| OMNH 24416, 25906, 25907 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Anguimorpha indet.
Fürbringer 1900
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Nydam 2013 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| Osteoderms: OMNH 64308, 67038, 67039 | ||||||||||
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Cnodontosaurus sp.
Nydam 2013
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Nydam 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| OMNH 24453, fragmentary jaw | ||||||||||
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cf. Scincoidea informal indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype B
(Oppel 1811)
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Nydam 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" OMNH 23679, jaw fragment | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 112.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.2° North, 77.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Straight Cliffs | Member: | Smoky Hollow |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,gray claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a brownish gray claystone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MNA 8903; 10 km northwest of Henrieville | ||
| Database number: | 14416 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, M. Carrano, P. Barrett | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, T. Cleary, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-11-18 11:15:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1409. | J. G. Eaton. 1995. Cenomanian and Turonian (Early Late Cretaceous) multituberculate mammals from southwestern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(4):761-784 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 74392 | J. E. Cohen, B. M. Davis, and R. L. Cifelli. 2020. Geologically oldest Pediomyoidea (Mammalia, Marsupialiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of North America, with implications for taxonomy and diet of earliest Late Cretaceous mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1835935:1-13 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 6845 | J. D. Gardner. 1999. New albanerpetontid amphibians from the Albian to Coniacian of Utah, USA—bridging the gap. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(4):632-638 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/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] | |
| 24301 | ETE | R. L. Nydam, J. G. Eaton, and J. T. Sankey. 2007. New taxa of transversely-toothed lizards (Squamata: Scincomorpha) and new information on the evolutionary history of "teiids". Journal of Paleontology 81(3):538-549 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |