Also known as GS-ENM, Utahceratops type
Where: Kane County, Utah (37.5° N, 111.7° W: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 82.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Kaiparowits Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• middle unit
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2007
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. A. Getty, M. A. Loewen, E. M. Roberts, A. L. Titus, and S. D. Sampson. 2010. Taphonomy of horned dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the late Campanian Kaiparowits Formation, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. In M. J. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, D. A. Eberth (eds.), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 478-494 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97809: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Utahceratops gettyi n. gen. n. sp.
Utahceratops gettyi n. gen. n. sp. Sampson et al. 2010 ceratopsid UMNH VP 16784; "Kaiparowits new taxon B"
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