Karmic Orodromine locality: Early Cenomanian, Utah

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Thescelosauridae
1 specimen
NCSM 33548, a single partially articulated, nearly complete skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Emery
Coordinates: 38.7° North, 111.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.9° North, 69.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 5
Key time interval: Early Cenomanian
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago
Age estimate: minimum 99.466 ± 0.050 Ma (U/Pb)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Dakota Formation:Cedar Mountain Member:Mussentuchit
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Stratigraphic occurrence is between MAZ1 and Last Chance Sandstone (99.466 + 0.046/−0.053 Ma; Tucker et al., 2023)" (Avrahami et al 2024)
lower part of member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandy mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:many
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:UT-16-07-22-Z1
Database number:235540
Authorizer:W. Gearty Enterer:W. Gearty
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2024-07-17 15:54:25 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2024-07-17 15:54:25
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
88897. H. M. Avrahami, P. J. Makovicky, R. T. Tucker and L. E. Zanno. 2024. A new semi‐fossorial thescelosaurine dinosaur from the Cenomanian‐age Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah. The Anatomical Record 307(12):3717-3781 [W. Gearty/W. Gearty/M. Carrano]