Bodily Quarry, Little Valley (BYU): Aptian, Utah
collected by L. Ottinger & J. A. Jensen 1965-1968
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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"fossil wood" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Polacanthidae
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? Hoplitosaurus sp.
Lucas 1902
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1 individual | |||||||||
BYU-R245 | ||||||||||
= Sauropelta sp.
Ostrom 1970
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Coombs 1978 | |||||||||
= Polacanthus sp.
Fox 1866
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Pereda-Suberbiola 1994 | |||||||||
= cf. Sauropelta sp.
Ostrom 1970
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Carpenter et al. 1999 | |||||||||
= Polacanthidae indet.
Wieland 1911
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Kirkland et al. 2013 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Grand |
Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 109.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.2° North, 61.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 1426 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 125.00000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Dakota | Formation: | Cedar Mountain | Member: | Poison Strip Sandstone |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Ludvigson et al. 2010: U-Pb dates from near the base were approximately 119.4 +/- 2.6Ma |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,green sandy "shale" |
Secondary lithology: | lenticular,brown sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: fossil found "in light gray shales between the sandstone lenses...the fossil material was surrounded by slightly sandy, light gray to green shale." The sandstone is "even bedded and light brown." | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Associated major elements: | all |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | L. Ottinger & J. A. Jensen | Collection dates: | 1965-1968 |
Collection method comments: discovered by Lin Ottinger (Moab) and initially collected by J. A. Jensen |
Metadata
Also known as: | State of Utah Loc. 42Gr003VP | ||
Database number: | 49615 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-20 13:40:10 | Last modified: | 2023-08-21 15:11:19 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-20 13:40:10 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19182. | ETE | N. M. Bodily. 1970. An armored dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 16(3):35-60 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
12199 | ETE | K. Carpenter, J. I. Kirkland, D. Burge and J. Bird. 1999. Ankylosaurs (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, and their stratigraphic distribution. Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, D. D. Gillette (ed.), Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:243-251 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
17480 | ETE | W. P. Coombs. 1978. The families of the ornithischian dinosaur order Ankylosauria. Palaeontology 21(1):143-170 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
49284 | J. I. Kirkland, L. Alcalá, M. A. Loewen, Espílez, L. Mampei and J. P. Wiersma. 2013. The basal nodosaurid Europelta carbonensis n. gen., n. sp. from the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Escucha Formation of northeastern Spain. PLoS One 8(12):e80405:1-40 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
57899 | J. I. Kirkland, R. L. Cifelli, B. B. Britt, D. L. Burge, F. L. DeCourten, J. G. Eaton, and J. M. Parrish. 1999. Distribution of vertebrate faunas in the Cedar Mountain Formation, east-central Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99(1):201-218 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/M. Carrano] | |
51465 | J. I. Kirkland and M. A. Loewen. 2011. Utah's prehistoric tanks: the ankylosaurs. Utah Geological Survey Notes 43(3):4-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
32617 | ETE | J. I. Kirkland and S. K. Madsen. 2007. The Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Eastern Utah: the view up an always interesting learning curve. Utah Geological Association Publication 35 1-108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
69417 | J. H. Madsen and W. E. Miller. 1979. the fossil vertebrates of Utah, an annotated bibliography. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 26(4):iii-147 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14557 | ETE | J. Pereda-Suberbiola. 1994. Polacanthus (Ornithischia, Ankylosauria), a transatlantic armoured dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Europe and North America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 232(4-6):133-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
50085 | B. A. Swanson, V. L. Santucci, S. K. Madsen, A. S. Elder, and J. P. Kenworthy. 2005. Arches National Park paleontological survey. Geological Resources Division Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-05/01 1-36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
81455 | J. S. Tweet, V. L. Santucci, T. Connors and J. P. Kenworthy. 2012. Paleontological Resource Inventory and Monitoring: Northern Colorado Plateau Network. National Park Service Technical Report NPS/NCPN/NRTR—2012/585 xii-524 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |