Mill Creek (MNA Loc. 1073) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UNMH VP Loc. 83

Where: Kane County, Utah (37.6° N, 112.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 83.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wahweap Formation, Judithian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• rocks of uncertain correlation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. G. Eaton. 1993. Mammalian paleontology and correlation of uppermost Cretaceous rocks of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, Utah. In M. Morales (ed.), Aspects of Mesozoic Geology and Paleontology of the Colorado Plateau. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 59:163-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14474: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• see also Eaton 1999a
generically identifiable NISP 34
said to be about the same age as the Kaiparowits Formation, i.e., Judithian
Mammalia
 Multituberculata -
Paracimexomys sp. Archibald 1982 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Mesodma cf. formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Mesodma cf. hensleighi Lillegraven 1969 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
? Cimolodon sp. Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Cimolodon cf. nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata -
Cimexomys gregoryi n. sp. Eaton 1993 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Symmetrodontoides foxi Cifelli and Madsen 1986 mammal
MNA V6461
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadon cf. marshi1 Simpson 1927 metatherian
Alphadon cf. attaragos Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 metatherian
Turgidodon sp. Cifelli 1990 metatherian
Turgidodon cf. russelli1 Fox 1979 metatherian
Actinopteri
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula sp.2 Blake 1940
MNA V8123