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South Dragon Canyon, Emery County, Utah, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	39.1701,-111.273
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Utah, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Emery County, Utah, USA

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Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
South Dragon Canyon, "lizard locality"	Gilmore C. W. (1946)	North Horn	lower part of formation	not reported	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Spheroolithus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Spheroolithidae : *Spheroolithus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pinacosuchus mantiensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pinacosuchus : *Pinacosuchus mantiensis*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prismatoolithus jenseni species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Prismatoolithidae : Prismatoolithus : *Prismatoolithus jenseni*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spheruprismatoolithus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Prismatoolithidae : *Spheruprismatoolithus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paraglyphanodon gazini species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Polyglyphanodontidae : Paraglyphanodon : *Paraglyphanodon gazini*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paraglyphanodon utahensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Polyglyphanodontidae : Paraglyphanodon : *Paraglyphanodon utahensis*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Polyglyphanodon sternbergi species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Teiidae : Polyglyphanodon : *Polyglyphanodon sternbergi*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spongioolithus hirschi species	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Elongatoolithidae : Spongioolithus : *Spongioolithus hirschi*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alamosaurus sanjuanensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Saltasauridae : Alamosaurus : *Alamosaurus sanjuanensis*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Gilmore C. W. (1940) New fossil lizards from the Upper Cretaceous of Utah, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99 16, 1-3

Gilmore C. W. (1942) A new fossil reptile from the Upper Cretaceous of Utah, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93 3158, 109-114

Gilmore C. W. (1943) Osteology of Upper Cretaceous lizards from Utah, with a description of a new species, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93 3163, 209-214

Gilmore C. W. (1946) Reptilian fauna of the North Horn Formation of central Utah, United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Professional Paper 210-C, 29-53

Bray E. S. (1999) Eggs and eggshell from the Upper Cretaceous North Horn Formation, central Utah, Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, 361-375

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!

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