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
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• 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
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
cf. Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Mammalia | |
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
cf. Naomichelys sp. Hay 1908 turtle | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Squamata indet. squamates |