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OMNH V6, Wahweap Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCM 83258, MNA 704-1, BV1

Where: Kane County, Utah (37.4° N, 111.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 82.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kaiparowits Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• said to be Judithian, but formation now dated; lower-middle part of fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. G. Eaton and R. L. Cifelli. 1988. Preliminary report on Late Cretaceous mammals of the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 26(2):45-55 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14466: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano, Terri Cleary and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• MNA 704-1, OMNH V6, and UCM 83258 are the same
most specimens from OMNV V6 and V9; V9 is stratigraphically 20 m above V6; V14 is 60 m above V9
all localities also have MNA numbers
although 69 therian specimens are listed, at Burnham South and Jacobs Bone Bed these average only 3/14 of the fauna, so the number of multituberculates cannot be extrapolated reliably
"Eodelphis sp." omitted by Eaton et al. 1999

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Actinopteri
Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae	Lepisosteidae indet.² Lepisosteidae indet.² Cuvier 1825 gar OMNH 23500; MNA V10342
Teleostei -	Teleostei indet.², Clupeiformes "indet. G"², Characiformes indet.² Teleostei indet.² Müller 1846 OMNH 23506 Clupeiformes "indet. G"² Bleeker 1859 OMNH 23546 Characiformes indet.² Regan 1911 OMNH 23171
Mammalia
Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae	Symmetrodontoides sp.⁶ Symmetrodontoides sp.⁶ Fox 1976 mammal
Theriamorpha -	Paranyctoides "sp. A"⁴ Paranyctoides "sp. A"⁴ Fox 1979 eutherian OMNH 21982; = Kaiparowits species A
Theriamorpha - Gypsonictopidae	Gypsonictops "sp. A" Gypsonictops "sp. A" Simpson 1927 eutherian OMNH 20130, 20570
Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae	Avitotherium utahensis⁴ Avitotherium utahensis⁴ Cifelli 1990 eutherian OMNH 21980-81, 20532
Theriamorpha -	Aenigmadelphys archeri n. sp.⁵ Aenigmadelphys archeri n. sp.⁵ Cifelli and Johanson 1994 metatherian incl. Peradectidae indet. of Johanson 1993; new specimens not counted in NISP
Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae	Iqualadelphis lactea³ Iqualadelphis lactea³ Fox 1987 metatherian
Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae	Alphadontidae indet.¹, "Protalphadon wahweapensis n. gen. n. sp." = Varalphadon wahweapensis, Alphadon halleyi³, Alphadon sahnii³, Turgidodon madseni n. sp.³, Turgidodon lillegraveni n. gen. n. sp.³ Alphadontidae indet.¹ Marshall et al. 1990 metatherian "Protalphadon wahweapensis n. gen. n. sp." = Varalphadon wahweapensis Cifelli 1990 metatherian presumably "Alphadon cf. creber" Alphadon halleyi³ Sahni 1972 metatherian Alphadon sahnii³ Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 metatherian OMNH 20114, 20116, 20122, 20602, 20598 Turgidodon madseni n. sp.³ Cifelli 1990 metatherian "Alphadon aff. russelli" Turgidodon lillegraveni n. gen. n. sp.³ Cifelli 1990 metatherian "Alphadon aff. praesagus"
Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae	Mesodma sp.⁶, ? Mesodma cf. formosa, Mesodma cf. hensleighi Mesodma sp.⁶ Jepsen 1940 multituberculate ? Mesodma cf. formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate Mesodma cf. hensleighi Lillegraven 1969 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae	Cimolodon "sp. A", ? Cimolodon sp., Cimolodon cf. similis Cimolodon "sp. A" Marsh 1889 multituberculate ? Cimolodon sp. Marsh 1889 multituberculate said to be new: possibly "C. cf. nitidus" of Eaton et al. 1999 from the "Kaiparowits Formation" Cimolodon cf. similis Fox 1971 multituberculate
Multituberculata -	Cimexomys cf. judithae Cimexomys cf. judithae Sahni 1972 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae	? Cimolomyidae indet., Cimolomys "sp. A", Cimolomys "sp. B", ? Meniscoessus sp. ? Cimolomyidae indet. Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate Cimolomys "sp. A" Marsh 1889 multituberculate this or the next record may include "cf. Bryceomys sp." of Eaton et al. 1999 from the "Kaiparowits Formation" Cimolomys "sp. B" Marsh 1889 multituberculate ? Meniscoessus sp. Cope 1882 multituberculate
Multituberculata -	Paracimexomys sp. Paracimexomys sp. Archibald 1982 multituberculate "A" and "B"
Reptilia
Squamata -	Scincomorpha "Kaiparowits Formation Morphotype F"¹⁰ Scincomorpha "Kaiparowits Formation Morphotype F"¹⁰ Camp 1923 lizard OMNH 20267, jaw fragment
Squamata - Contogeniidae	Palaeoscincosaurus pharkidodon¹¹ Palaeoscincosaurus pharkidodon¹¹ Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009 lizard OMNH 20265, 63528
Squamata - Chamopsiidae	Tripennaculus eatoni n. gen. n. sp.¹², Chamops cf. segnis¹², "Manangyasaurus saueri n. gen. n. sp." = Peneteius saueri⁹ Tripennaculus eatoni n. gen. n. sp.¹² Nydam and Voci 2007 lizard OMNH 23416, 63128 Chamops cf. segnis¹² Marsh 1892 lizard OMNH 23605 "Manangyasaurus saueri n. gen. n. sp." = Peneteius saueri⁹ McCord 1998 lizard OMNH 20904, 23524
Squamata -	cf. Scincoidea "Kaiparowits Formation Morphotype C"¹⁰, cf. Scincoidea "Kaiparowits Formation Morphotype D"¹⁰, cf. Anguimorpha indet.¹⁰, Platynota "Kaiparowits Formation Morphotype I"¹⁰ cf. Scincoidea "Kaiparowits Formation Morphotype C"¹⁰ Oppel 1811 squamates OMNH 20113, premaxilla; 20264, broken left maxilla cf. Scincoidea "Kaiparowits Formation Morphotype D"¹⁰ Oppel 1811 squamates OMNH 23590, broken left dentary cf. Anguimorpha indet.¹⁰ squamates Osteoderms: OMNH 66065 Platynota "Kaiparowits Formation Morphotype I"¹⁰ Baur 1890 squamates OMNH 23523 (or 23532, both are used so one is a typo), partial right dentary
Serpentes -	Serpentes indet.¹⁰ Serpentes indet.¹⁰ snake OMNH 23539, fragment of tooth-bearing element
Amphibia
Salientia -	Anura indet.⁸, Theatonius sp.⁸ Anura indet.⁸ Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog Theatonius sp.⁸ Fox 1976 frog
Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae	Albanerpetontidae indet.⁷, Albanerpeton nexuosus⁷, Albanerpeton gracilis⁷, Albanerpeton galaktion⁷ Albanerpetontidae indet.⁷ Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod OMNH 23581, 34177, 34181, 34182, 34173 Albanerpeton nexuosus⁷ Estes 1981 tetrapod OMNH 60245 Albanerpeton gracilis⁷ Gardner 2000 tetrapod OMNH 60321-60323, 60237, 60324 Albanerpeton galaktion⁷ Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod OMNH 60326

¹Alroy 2002; ²Brinkman et al. 2013; ³Cifelli 1990; ⁴Cifelli 1990; ⁵Cifelli and Johanson 1994; ⁶Eaton et al. 1999; ⁷Gardner 2000; ⁸Gardner et al. 2016; ⁹McCord 1998; ¹⁰Nydam 2013; ¹¹Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009; ¹²Nydam and Voci 2007