OMNH V6, Wahweap Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCM 83258, MNA 704-1, BV1

Where: Kane County, Utah (37.4° N, 111.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 82.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kaiparowits Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• said to be Judithian, but formation now dated; lower-middle part of fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

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 14466: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano, Terri Cleary and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• MNA 704-1, OMNH V6, and UCM 83258 are the same
most specimens from OMNV V6 and V9; V9 is stratigraphically 20 m above V6; V14 is 60 m above V9
all localities also have MNA numbers
although 69 therian specimens are listed, at Burnham South and Jacobs Bone Bed these average only 3/14 of the fauna, so the number of multituberculates cannot be extrapolated reliably
"Eodelphis sp." omitted by Eaton et al. 1999
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.13 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Squamata -
cf. Anguimorpha indet.10 squamates
Osteoderms: OMNH 66065
Platynota "indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype I"10 squamates
OMNH 23523 (or 23532, both are used so one is a typo), partial right dentary
Scincomorpha "indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype F"10 Camp 1923 squamates
OMNH 20267, jaw fragment
 Squamata - Contogeniidae
Palaeoscincosaurus pharkidodon11 Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009 squamates
OMNH 20265, 63528
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Chamops cf. segnis12, "Manangyasaurus saueri n. gen. n. sp." = Peneteius saueri9, Tripennaculus eatoni n. gen. n. sp.12
Chamops cf. segnis12 Marsh 1892 squamates
OMNH 23605
"Manangyasaurus saueri n. gen. n. sp." = Peneteius saueri9 McCord 1998 squamates
OMNH 20904, 23524
Tripennaculus eatoni n. gen. n. sp.12 Nydam and Voci 2007 squamates
OMNH 23416, 63128
 Squamata -
cf. Scincoidea "indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype C"10 squamates
OMNH 20113, premaxilla; 20264, broken left maxilla
cf. Scincoidea "indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype D"10 squamates
OMNH 23590, broken left dentary
 Serpentes -
Serpentes indet.10 snake
OMNH 23539, fragment of tooth-bearing element
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Avitotherium utahensis4 Cifelli 1990 eutherian
OMNH 21980-81, 20532
 Theriamorpha -
Paranyctoides "sp. A"4 Fox 1979 eutherian
OMNH 21982; = Kaiparowits species A
 Theriamorpha - Gypsonictopidae
Gypsonictops "sp. A" Simpson 1927 eutherian
OMNH 20130, 20570
 Theriamorpha -
Aenigmadelphys archeri n. sp.5 Cifelli and Johanson 1994 metatherian
incl. Peradectidae indet. of Johanson 1993; new specimens not counted in NISP
 Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Iqualadelphis lactea3 Fox 1987 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadontidae indet.1, Turgidodon madseni n. sp.3, Turgidodon lillegraveni n. gen. n. sp.3, Alphadon sahnii3, Alphadon halleyi3, "Protalphadon wahweapensis n. gen. n. sp." = Varalphadon wahweapensis
Alphadontidae indet.1 Marshall et al. 1990 metatherian
Turgidodon madseni n. sp.3 Cifelli 1990 metatherian
"Alphadon aff. russelli"
Turgidodon lillegraveni n. gen. n. sp.3 Cifelli 1990 metatherian
"Alphadon aff. praesagus"
Alphadon sahnii3 Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 metatherian
OMNH 20114, 20116, 20122, 20602, 20598
Alphadon halleyi3 Sahni 1972 metatherian
"Protalphadon wahweapensis n. gen. n. sp." = Varalphadon wahweapensis Cifelli 1990 metatherian
presumably "Alphadon cf. creber"
 Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Symmetrodontoides sp.6 Fox 1976 mammal
 Multituberculata -
Cimexomys cf. judithae Sahni 1972 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon "sp. A" Marsh 1889 multituberculate
? Cimolodon sp. Marsh 1889 multituberculate
said to be new: possibly "C. cf. nitidus" of Eaton et al. 1999 from the "Kaiparowits Formation"
Cimolodon cf. similis Fox 1971 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma sp.6 Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Mesodma cf. hensleighi Lillegraven 1969 multituberculate
? Mesodma cf. formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
? Cimolomyidae indet. Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
? Meniscoessus sp. Cope 1882 multituberculate
Cimolomys "sp. A" Marsh 1889 multituberculate
this or the next record may include "cf. Bryceomys sp." of Eaton et al. 1999 from the "Kaiparowits Formation"
Cimolomys "sp. B" Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata -
Paracimexomys sp. Archibald 1982 multituberculate
"A" and "B"
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.7 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
OMNH 23581, 34177, 34181, 34182, 34173
Albanerpeton nexuosus7 Estes 1981 tetrapod
OMNH 60245
Albanerpeton gracilis7 Gardner 2000 tetrapod
OMNH 60321-60323, 60237, 60324
Albanerpeton galaktion7 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
OMNH 60326
 Salientia -
Anura "indet. 1"8 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
OMNH 67094*, maxilla; OMNH 23538*, squamosal
Anura "indet. genus and species II"8 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
OMNH 67095*–67104*
Theatonius sp.8 Fox 1976 frog
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.2 Cuvier 1825 gar
OMNH 23500; MNA V10342
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.2 Müller 1846
OMNH 23506
Clupeiformes "indet. G"2 Bleeker 1859
OMNH 23546
Characiformes indet.2 Regan 1911
OMNH 23171