PBDB Collection

USGS D815 (UCMP V98173) (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as GS-ENM

Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.6° N, 111.9° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 83.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coyote Point Member (Wahweap Formation), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• 700 meters above base of formation, "upper member"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• well-cemented sandstone, which adheres to most specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by USGS and J. H. Hutchison; reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: T. A. Gates, E. K. Lund, M. A. Getty, J. L. Kirkland, A. L. Titus and D. D. DeBlieux. 2010. Late Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaurs from the Kaiparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. Learning from the Land: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Symposium Proceedings 159-172 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 167916: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.04.2015, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae	Hadrosauridae indet.², Adelolophus hutchisoni n. gen. n. sp.¹ Hadrosauridae indet.² Cope 1869 hadrosaurid UCMP 235252, limb fragments; 235253, vertebra; 252001, 235254-255, jaw fragments Adelolophus hutchisoni n. gen. n. sp.¹ Gates et al. 2014 lambeosaurine UCMP 152028, partial maxilla
Theropoda -	Theropoda indet.² Theropoda indet.² Marsh 1881 theropod UCMP 235246, distal phalanx; 235247, 235251, prox. femora; 235248, MT III; 235249-250, distal femur
Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae	Tyrannosauridae indet.² Tyrannosauridae indet.² Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid UCMP 235245, partial tooth
Loricata -	Mesoeucrocodylia indet.³ Mesoeucrocodylia indet.³ Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 crocodilian UCMP 150156, dentary
Testudines - Trionychidae	Trionychidae indet.² Trionychidae indet.² Gray 1825 softshell turtle UCMP 235243, hypoplastron; 235244, misc. shell fragments
Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae	Basilemys sp.² Basilemys sp.² Hay 1902 turtle UCMP 235256, shell fragment
Testudinata - Baenidae	Baenidae indet.², Neurankylus sp.², "Arvinochelys sp." = Arvinachelys², Denazinemys nodosa² Baenidae indet.² Cope 1882 turtle UCMP 235237-235241, misc. fragments (incl. plastron) Neurankylus sp.² Lambe 1902 turtle UCMP 235240, part of costal 1 "Arvinochelys sp." = Arvinachelys² Lively 2015 turtle UCMP 235584, anterior plastron fragment Denazinemys nodosa² Gilmore 1916 turtle UCMP 252017, costal 1; 235242, unassoc. misc. fragments
Osteichthyes
Chondrostei -	Acipenseriformes indet.² Acipenseriformes indet.² Berg 1940 ray-finned fish UCMP 235236, fragment of pectoral fin spine
Actinopteri
Amiiformes - Amiidae	Melvius cf. chauliodous² Melvius cf. chauliodous² Hall and Wolberg 1989 bowfin UCMP 235226-235233, skull bones and vertebrae
Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae	Lepisosteidae indet.² Lepisosteidae indet.² Cuvier 1825 gar UCMP 235234, scale fragment; 235235, vertebra

¹Gates et al. 2014; ²Holroyd and Hutchison 2016; ³Irmis et al. 2013