OMNH V61, The Blues (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Kaiparowits

Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.8° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kaiparowits Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• lower-middle part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: R. L. Nydam and G. E. Voci. 2007. Teiid-like scincomorphan lizards from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of southern Utah. Journal of Herpetology 41(2):211-219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75846: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.10.2007, edited by Terri Cleary and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura "indet. 1"3 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
OMNH 23960*, maxilla
Scotiophryne pustulosa3 Estes 1969 frog
OMNH 23959*, bulk lot of fragmentary skull bones
Theatonius sp.3 Fox 1976 frog
said to be new species
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton sp.2 Auffenberg 1961 salamander
OMNH 67068–70
Prodesmodon sp.2 Estes 1964 salamander
OMNH 23951, 67071-72
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.1 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
OMNH 23963
Albanerpeton nexuosus1 Estes 1981 tetrapod
OMNH 23964
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Scincomorpha indet.4 squamates
OMNH 66080, osteoderm(s?)
 Squamata - Chamopsiidae
Meniscognathus molybrochoros n. sp. Nydam and Voci 2007 squamates
OMNH 23743
cf. Leptochamops sp. Estes 1964 squamates
 Squamata -
Platynota "indet. Kaiparowits Morphotype I"4 squamates
OMNH 24372, jaw fragment; 64153, anterior portion of left dentary