Vertebrate paleontology of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, Upper Cretaceous, Southwestern Utah
Eaton JG. 1999. Vertebrate paleontology of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, Upper Cretaceous, Southwestern Utah. Pages 335-338. In Eaton JG. Vertebrate paleontology in Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication. 99-1
Vertebrate fossils have been recovered primarily from the stratigraphically highest Upper Cretaceous rocks on the Paunsaugunt Plateau, southern Utah. The fauna includes dinosaurs, crocodilians, turtles, lizards and a mammalian fauna of moderate diversity; however no chodrichthians have been have been recovered. The horizons that produced the vertebrate fauna have been variously referred to either the Wahweap or Kaiparowits Formation. Comparison of the mammals to those of the Wahweap and Kaparowits Formations supports correlation with the latter. The relatively common occurrence of the ceratopsian teeth, the turtle Compsemys, along with the absence of sharks also suggest correlation with the Kaiparowits Formation faunas. Further work is required to make this correlation with certainty.
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- Published Report Section
- Authors
- Eaton, Jeffrey
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- BRCA
- Keywords
- Biostratigraphy, Diversity, Faunas, Fossils, Geology, Kaiparowits, Paleontology, Paunsaugunt plateau, Physical Sciences, Wahweap