Moots Locality (UMNH VP Loc. 9) (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Iron County, Utah (37.7° N, 113.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 79.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: John Henry Member (Straight Cliffs Formation), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)

• said to be late Turonian to early Coniacian - then placed 64 m below 86.72 Ma ash bed and assigned to Coniacian; formation assignments are equivalents

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by J. D. Archibald in 1992

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. G. Eaton, S. Diem, J. D. Archibald, C. Schierup, and H. Munk. 1999. Vertebrate paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Markagunt Plateau, southwestern Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:323-333 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14393: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• formation unnamed
Gnathostomata
  -
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Varalphadon janetae Carneiro 2018 metatherian
UMNH 5178
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. squamates
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
cf. Naomichelys sp. Hay 1908 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
cf. Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish