Moots Locality (UMNH VP Loc. 9): Coniacian - Santonian, Utah
collected by J. D. Archibald 1992

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
cf. Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia
cf. Naomichelys sp. Hay 1908
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Alphadon sp. Simpson 1927
Eaton et al. 1999 1 specimen
UMNH 5178
    = Metatheria indet. Huxley 1880
Alroy 2002
DUPLICATE REF 1413 or 1414 or 1415
    = ? Varalphadon sp. Johanson 1996
Eaton 2006
    = Varalphadon janetae Carneiro 2018
Carneiro 2018
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Iron
Coordinates: 37.7° North, 113.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.0° North, 79.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
*Local age/stage:Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian
Key time interval:Coniacian - Santonian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Straight Cliffs Member:John Henry
Local section:CedCn Local bed:222 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Turonian to early Coniacian - then placed 64 m below 86.72 Ma ash bed and assigned to Coniacian; formation assignments are equivalents

Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:J. D. Archibald Collection dates:1992
Taxonomic list comments:formation unnamed
Metadata
Database number:14393
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-05-09 05:04:27
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1414. J. G. Eaton, S. Diem, J. D. Archibald, C. Schierup, and H. Munk. 1999. Vertebrate paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Markagunt Plateau, southwestern Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:323-333 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
64003 L. M. Carneiro. 2018. A new species of Varalphadon (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta) from the upper Cenomanian of southern Utah, North America: Phylogenetic and biogeographic insights. Cretaceous Research 84:88-96 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
17864 J. G. Eaton. 2006. Late Cretaceous mammals from Cedar Canyon, southwestern Utah. In S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan (eds.), Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:373-402 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]
1413 J. G. Eaton, R. L. Cifelli, J. H. Hutchison, J. I. Kirkland, and J. M. Parrish. 1999. Cretaceous vertebrate faunas from the Kaiparowits Plateau, south-central Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:345-353 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
61882 A. L. Titus, J. G. Eaton, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2016. Late Cretaceous stratigraphy and vertebrate faunas of the Markagunt, Paunsaugunt, and Kaiparowits plateaus, southern Utah. Geology of the Intermountain West 3:229-291 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]