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Muddy Creek Plesiosaur Site , Kane County, Utah, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.2894,-112.693 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Utah, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Kane County, Utah, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Muddy Creek Plesiosaur-Middle Horizon (Ut. Geological Survey loca 42Ka008VI) | Albright L. B., Gillette D. D., et al (2007) | Tropic Shale | upper part of the Sciponoceras gracile Ammonoid Biozone, late Cenomanian | lime mudstone | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Muddy Creek Plesiosaur Site (Lower Horizon) | Gillette D. D., Hayden M. C., et al (1999) | Tropic Shale | lime mudstone | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Muddy Creek Plesiosaur Site (Upper Horizon) | Gillette D. D., Hayden M. C., et al (1999) | Tropic Shale | "one-meter-thick interval" | lime mudstone | 100.5 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!