Horse Mountain Gryposaur Quarry: Late/Upper Campanian, Utah
collected by S. Richardson 2007–2010
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Arvinachelys goldeni n. gen., n. sp.
Lively 2015
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Lively 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
UMNH VP 21151, type specimen | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Alligatoroidea indet.
(Gray 1844)
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Loewen et al. 2013 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Ankylosauridae informal indet. B
Brown 1908
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Loewen et al. 2013 | 1 individual | ||||||||
UMNH VP 20202 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Chasmosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1915
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1 individual | |||||||||
"Kaiparowits new taxon A" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Gryposaurus sp.
Lambe 1914
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Loewen et al. 2013 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Reptilia
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? Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Loewen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
"possible small theropod material" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Kane |
Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 111.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.5° North, 82.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kaiparowits | ||
Local section: | GS-ENM | Local bed: | 225 m |
Local order: | bottom to top | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | silty mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "silty mudstone" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | S. Richardson | Collection dates: | 2007–2010 |
Metadata
Also known as: | GS-ENM, UMNH VP Loc. 951, UMNH VP Loc. 1222 | ||
Database number: | 97806 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-08-30 12:06:43 | Last modified: | 2023-05-16 15:51:18 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-08-30 12:06:43 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
33796. | ETE | M. A. Getty, M. A. Loewen, E. M. Roberts, A. L. Titus, and S. D. Sampson. 2010. Taphonomy of horned dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) from the late Campanian Kaiparowits Formation, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. In M. J. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, D. A. Eberth (eds.), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 478-494 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
59534 | J. R. Lively. 2015. A new species of baenid turtle from the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of southern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(6):e1009084:1-16 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion] | |
84664 | M. A. Loewen, M. E. Burns, M. A. Getty, J. I. Kirkland, and M. K. Vickaryous. 2013. Review of Late Cretaceous ankylosaurian dinosaurs from the Grand Staircase region, southern Utah. In A. L. Titus & M. A. Loewen (ed.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 445-462 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |