USGS D815 (UCMP V98173): Early Campanian - Middle Campanian, Utah
collected by USGS and J. H. Hutchison
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Melvius cf. chauliodous
(Hall and Wolberg 1989)
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| UCMP 235226-235233, skull bones and vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| UCMP 235234, scale fragment; 235235, vertebra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| UCMP 235237-235241, misc. fragments (incl. plastron) | ||||||||||
| Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 252017, costal 1; 235242, unassoc. misc. fragments | ||||||||||
| Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 235584, anterior plastron fragment | ||||||||||
| Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 235240, part of costal 1 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| UCMP 235243, hypoplastron; 235244, misc. shell fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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| Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 235256, shell fragment | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Mesoeucrocodylia indet.
Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
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Irmis et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UCMP 150156, dentary | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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| Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 6 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 235252, limb fragments; 235253, vertebra; 252001, 235254-255, jaw fragments | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| UCMP 152028, partial maxilla | ||||||||||
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= Adelolophus hutchisoni n. gen., n. sp.
Gates et al. 2014
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Gates et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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| Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 6 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 235246, distal phalanx; 235247, 235251, prox. femora; 235248, MT III; 235249-250, distal femur | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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| Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 235245, partial tooth | ||||||||||
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Acipenseriformes
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Acipenseriformes indet.
Berg 1940
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Holroyd and Hutchison 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UCMP 235236, fragment of pectoral fin spine | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 111.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.8° North, 74.7° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Early Campanian - Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 72.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wahweap | Member: | Coyote Point | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 700 meters above base of formation, "upper member" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: well-cemented sandstone, which adheres to most specimens. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
| Collectors: | USGS and J. H. Hutchison |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GS-ENM | ||
| Database number: | 167916 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-07 09:52:37 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-07 09:52:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 86538. | T. A. Gates, E. K. Lund, M. A. Getty, J. L. Kirkland, A. L. Titus and D. D. DeBlieux. 2010. Late Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaurs from the Kaiparowits Plateau, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. Learning from the Land: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Symposium Proceedings 159-172 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 54881 | T. A. Gates, Z. Jinnah, C. Levitt and M. A. Getty. 2014. New hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) specimens from the lower-middle Campanian Wahweap Formation of southern Utah. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 156-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 85381 | T. A. Gates, E. K. Lund, D. B. DeBlieux, A. L. Titus, D. C. Evans, M. A. Getty, J. I. Kirkland and J. G. Eaton. 2013. Ornithopod dinosaurs from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument region, Utah, and their role in paleobiogeographic and macroevolutionary studies. In A. L. Titus & M. A. Loewen (ed.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 463-481 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 59512 | P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2016. Fauna and setting of the Adelolophus hutchisoni type locality in the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Wahweap Formation of Utah. PaleoBios 33(31196):1-9 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 85699 | R. B. Irmis, J. H. Hutchison, J. J. W. Sertich and A. L. Titus. 2013. Crocodyliforms from the Late Cretaceous of Grnd Staircase-Escalante National Monument and vicinity, southern Utah, U.S.A. In A. L. Titus & M. A. Loewen (ed.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 424-444 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |