Movie Valley (BYU Loc. 1072): Aptian, Utah
collected by Bodily
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| "very similar to the present Hoplitosaurus (?) sp."; BYU specimen | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Grand |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 109.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 49.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.4 - 113.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Dakota | Formation: | Cedar Mountain | Member: | Poison Strip Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "approximately the same horizon" as the Bodily Quarry
Ludvigson et al. 2010: U-Pb dates from near the base were approximately 119.4 +/- 2.6Ma | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | Bodily |
Metadata
| Database number: | 67202 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-11-14 08:49:03 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-14 08:49:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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:
| 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] | |
| 85049 | J. I. Kirkland and J. R. Lively. 2023. MTE14 Mesozoic of Utah Field Trip 1-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 78389 | J. I. Kirkland, M. B. Suarez, C. A. Suarez and R. K. Hunt-Foster. 2016. The Medial Cretaceous in East-Central Utah—the Cedar Mountain Formation and its Bounding Strata. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Field Trip Guide. 1-117 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] | |
| 35018 | ETE | V. L. Santucci and J. I. Kirkland. 2010. An Overview of National Park Service Paleontological Resources from the Parks and Monuments in Utah. In D. A. Sprinkel, T. C. Chidsey, P. B. Anderson (eds.), Utah Geological Association Publication 28 (third edition) 28:589-623 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska/M. Oreska] |
| 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] |