Also known as UGS Loc. 42Ka008VI

Where: Kane County, Utah (37.3° N, 112.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 75.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sciponoceras gracile ammonoid zone, Tropic Shale Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• upper part of the Sciponoceras gracile Ammonoid Biozone, late Cenomanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collected in 1996

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• UMNH, University of Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Primary reference: D. D. Gillette, M. C. Hayden, and A. L. Titus. 1999. Occurrence and biostratigraphic framework of a plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Tropic Shale of southwestern Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99(1):269-273 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5609: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 31.10.1999, edited by Roger Benson

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