Anthill near Polyglyphanodon Quarry: Lancian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Clemens et al. 1979 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Pediomyidae
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Pediomys hatcheri
(Osborn 1898)
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| original and current combination Protolambda hatcheri | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Emery |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 111.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.0° North, 88.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | North Horn | ||
| Local section: | NHorn | Local bed: | 1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | anthill |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Pediomys specimen "was found on an anthill near" the Polyglyphanodon type locality | |
| Taxonomic list comments:see also Cifelli et al. 1999 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14607 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-06-16 17:28:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24649. | W. A. Clemens. 1961. A Late Cretaceous mammal from Dragon Canyon, Utah. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):578-579 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 1247 | W. A. Clemens, J. A. Lillegraven, E. H. Lindsay and G. G. Simpson. 1979. Where, when, and what: a survey of known Mesozoic mammal distribution. 7-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |