PBDB Collection

MNA 995, Jimmy Canyon (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as OMNH V843; UMNH VP Loc. 129, Pardner Canyon, PC3

Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.6° N, 112.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 77.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Smoky Hollow Member (Straight Cliffs Formation), Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• said to be Turonian, from the "Barren Beds" in the middle of the member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1991

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14414: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Matthew Carrano, Terri Cleary and Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
Salientia -	Anura indet.⁶ Anura indet.⁶ Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
Caudata - Urodela	Urodela "indet. gen. et sp. nov"⁷, Urodela indet.⁷ Urodela "indet. gen. et sp. nov"⁷ salamander MNA V10251–55; UMNH VP 13431 Urodela indet.⁷ salamander MNA V10371
Reptilia
Theropoda -	cf. Paronychodon sp.¹¹ cf. Paronychodon sp.¹¹ Cope 1876 maniraptoran MNA
Squamata -	Coniophis sp.⁹, cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype A"⁹, cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype B"⁹, cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype C"⁹, cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype D"⁹, cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype E"⁹, cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype F"⁹, cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype G"⁹, Scincomorpha indet.⁹ Coniophis sp.⁹ Marsh 1892 snake MNA V10375, incomplete thoracic vertebra cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype A"⁹ squamates "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" MNA V10011, tooth bearing portion of dentary or maxilla cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype B"⁹ squamates "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" UMNH VP 18041, small jaw fragment with tooth cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype C"⁹ squamates "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" UMNH VP 18043, small fragment of jaw with tooth cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype D"⁹ squamates "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" MNA V10016, broken right(?) maxilla cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype E"⁹ squamates "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" MNA V10019, fragment of right dentary; MNA V10013, poorly preserved left maxilla fragment cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype F"⁹ squamates "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" MNA 10010, fragment of left dentary; MNA 10020, fragment of right dentary cf. Scincoidea "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype G"⁹ squamates "Paramacellodid/Cordylid grade" MNA V10012, jaw fragment Scincomorpha indet.⁹ squamates Osteoderm(s?): UMNH VP 19231
Squamata - Contogeniidae	Utahgenys evansi n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Utahgenys evansi n. gen. n. sp.¹⁰ Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009 squamates MNA V9127, V10014, V10021, V10023-25, V10060-61, V10116-17; OMNH 64154-55, 64157-60; UMNH VP 18042. Referred by ref. 60263: OMNH 31223, broken left mandible
Squamata -	Anguimorpha indet.⁹, Platynota "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype J"⁹ Anguimorpha indet.⁹ squamates Osteoderms: UMNH VP 19230, 19232-34 Platynota "indet. SHMbr SCFm Morphotype J"⁹ squamates UMNH VP 19235, small fragment of jaw; 18045, fragment of possible left maxilla; 18044, broken left maxilla; 19236, small fragment of left dentary
Squamata - Anguidae	aff. Odaxosaurus sp.⁹ aff. Odaxosaurus sp.⁹ Gilmore 1928 squamates MNA V9129, broken left dentary
Squamata -	Cnodontosaurus sp.⁹ Cnodontosaurus sp.⁹ Nydam 2013 squamates MNA V9125, fragment of possible left maxilla
Mammalia
-	? Mammalia indet.³ ? Mammalia indet.³ Linnaeus 1758 mammal MNA V7349
Multituberculata -	Paracimexomys cf. robisoni⁵, Bryceomys sp.⁵, Bryceomys hadrosus⁵, Bryceomys fumosus n. sp.⁵, ? Taeniolabidoidea indet.⁵ Paracimexomys cf. robisoni⁵ Eaton and Nelson 1991 multituberculate Bryceomys sp.⁵ Eaton 1995 multituberculate Bryceomys hadrosus⁵ Eaton 1995 multituberculate Bryceomys fumosus n. sp.⁵ Eaton 1995 multituberculate ? Taeniolabidoidea indet.⁵ multituberculate
Allotheria -	? Symmetrodonta indet.³ ? Symmetrodonta indet.³ Simpson 1925 symmetrodont MNA V6305, V6364
Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae	Spalacotheridium mckennai n. gen. n. sp.², Symmetrodontoides oligodontos n. sp.² Spalacotheridium mckennai n. gen. n. sp.² Cifelli 1990 mammal MNA V5792, V6046, V6756, OMNH 29524, 29526 Symmetrodontoides oligodontos n. sp.² Cifelli 1990 mammal MNA 5789, V6048, V6755, OMNH 29523, 29525
Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae	Stagodontidae indet.², Fumodelphodon pulveris n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Stagodontidae indet.² Marsh 1889 metatherian MNA V5652 Fumodelphodon pulveris n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Cohen 2018 metatherian
Marsupialia -	Marsupialia indet.² Marsupialia indet.² marsupial MNA V5638
Actinopteri
Teleostei -	Teleostei "indet. O"¹, Euteleostei "indet. HvB"¹ Teleostei "indet. O"¹ Müller 1846 OMNH 31322 Euteleostei "indet. HvB"¹ Rosen 1973 OMNH 31322
Ostariophysi -	Ostariophysi "indet. U-3/BvD"¹, Ostariophysi "indet. U-3"¹, Ostariophysi "indet. BvD"¹ Ostariophysi "indet. U-3/BvD"¹ Jordan and Evermann 1896 MNA V10350-1 Ostariophysi "indet. U-3"¹ Jordan and Evermann 1896 MNA V10348-9 Ostariophysi "indet. BvD"¹ Jordan and Evermann 1896 MNA V10352
Amiiformes - Amiidae	? Melvius sp.¹ ? Melvius sp.¹ Bryant 1987 bowfin MNA V10353-4
Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae	Lepisosteidae indet.¹, Lepisosteus sp.¹ Lepisosteidae indet.¹ Cuvier 1825 gar MNA V10340-1, 10345-7 Lepisosteus sp.¹ Agassiz 1843 gar MNA V10338-9, 10343-4
Chondrichthyes
Rajiformes -	cf. Pseudomyledaphus madseni⁸ cf. Pseudomyledaphus madseni⁸ Kirkland et al. 2013 guitarfish MNA V10176
Batoidea -	Cristomylus cf. bulldogensis⁸ Cristomylus cf. bulldogensis⁸ Kirkland et al. 2013 ray MNA V1076, 10155, 10157, 10159, 10163–65, 10172, 10178

¹Brinkman et al. 2013; ²Cifelli 1990; ³Cifelli and Gordon 1999; ⁴Cohen 2018; ⁵Eaton 1995; ⁶Gardner and DeMar 2013; ⁷Gardner et al. 2013; ⁸Kirkland et al. 2013; ⁹Nydam 2013; ¹⁰Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009; ¹¹Parrish 1999