UCM 84150, Tarantula Mesa: Middle Campanian, Utah
collected by J. G. Eaton
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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| teeth fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
(Gray 1825)
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1 fragment | |||||||||
| carapace fragment | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° North, 111.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.8° North, 81.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Formation referred to as the "Beds on Tarantula Mesa". | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bentonitic,gray mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | carbonaceous mudstone |
| Lithology description: "gray, bentonitic mudstone, carbonaceous mudstone, and gray-brown, fine-grained sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | J. G. Eaton |
Metadata
| Database number: | 167519 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-20 10:19:38 | Last modified: | 2015-03-20 14:11:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-20 10:19:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25625. | ETE | J. G. Eaton. 1990. Stratigraphic revision of Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) rocks in the Henry Basin, Utah. The Mountain Geologist 27(1):27-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |