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OMNH V239, Mussentuchit

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38.93861, -111.08111View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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OMNH V239, Mussentuchit is a fossil collection site in Emery, Utah, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Cedar Mountain Formation, dated to the Early Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as channel. Documented finds include Astroconodon delicatus, Corviconodon utahensis, Jugulator amplissimus, Spalacolestes cretulablatta, Spalacotheridium noblei, Paracimexomys perplexus.

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Geologic setting

Formation
Cedar Mountain
Geologic interval
Early Cenomanian
Age
100.5–93.9 Ma
Depositional environment
"channel"
Recorded occurrences
23

Fossils found here

Astroconodon delicatus
Mammalia · Triconodontidae
Corviconodon utahensis
Mammalia · Triconodontidae
Jugulator amplissimus
Mammalia · Triconodontidae
Spalacolestes cretulablatta
Mammalia · Spalacotheriidae
Spalacotheridium noblei
Mammalia · Spalacotheriidae
Paracimexomys perplexus
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Paracimexomys robisoni
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Bryceomys intermedius
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Cedaromys bestia
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Cedaromys parvus
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Bicuspidon numerosus
Reptilia · Polyglyphanodontidae
Albanerpeton nexuosus
Amphibia · Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae
Amphibia · Albanerpetontidae
Dimekodontosaurus madseni
Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Dicothodon moorensis
Reptilia · Polyglyphanodontidae
Adelodelphys muizoni
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Sinbadelphys schmidti
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Dakotadens pertritus
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Culicolestes kielanae
Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Macroelongatoolithus carlylei
Reptilia · Elongatoolithidae
Polyglyphanodontidae
Reptilia · Polyglyphanodontidae
Spheroolithus europaeus
Ornithischia · Spheroolithidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 14399 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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