OMNH V14, Wahweap Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as MNA 453-2, TB2

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, Judithian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• said to be Judithian; V14 is 60 m above V9; lower Kaiparowits

• 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 75838: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

• 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
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Turgidodon sp. Cifelli 1990 metatherian
OMNH 20728, 20918