Mill Creek (MNA Loc. 1074) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UNMH VP Loc. 83

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: Judithian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 14475: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• see also Eaton 1999a
generically identifiable NISP 7
said to be about the same age as the Kaiparowits Formation, i.e., Judithian
Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet.2 Huxley 1880 bony fish
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Cimolomys milliensis n. sp. Eaton 1993 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon cf. nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
 Tribosphenida - Alphadontidae
Alphadon cf. attaragos Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 metatherian
Alphadon cf. marshi1 Simpson 1927 metatherian
Turgidodon sp. Cifelli 1990 metatherian
Turgidodon cf. russelli1 Fox 1979 metatherian
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.2 Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.2 Owen 1842 dinosaur
 Squamata -
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.2 Oppel 1811 turtle
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Habrosaurus sp.2 Gilmore 1928 siren
UMNH VP 7365
 Salientia -
Anura indet.2 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog