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. 1997 Oct 14;94(21):11163–11167. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.21.11163

Table 1.

Vertebrate fauna of the Cedar Mountain Formation*

Chondrichthyes Hybodontifomes: Polyacrodontidae, Polyacrodus parvidens, Lissodus spp. (2)
Orectolobifomes: Orectolobidae†, n. gen. and spp. (2)
Rajiformes: Ischyrhiza‡ sp.
Myliobatifomes: cf. Baibisha‡ n. sp.
Osteichthyes Lepisosteiformes†: Lepisosteidae†, sp. indet.
Semionotiformes: Lepidotes sp., n. gen. and spp. (2) aff. Semionotus
Pycnodontiformes: Pycnodontidae, spp. (2) indet.
Amiiformes: Amiidae, sp. indet.
Dipnoi: Ceratodontidae, Ceratodus sp.
Lissamphibia Inc. sedis: Albanerpetontidae, sp. indet.
Caudata: Scapherpetontidae‡, n. gen. and spp. (2)
Anura: “Amphicoelous-grade”, sp. indet.; “Discoglossoid-grade”, 3 sp. indet.
Reptilia Testudines: Baenidae, sp. indet.; Pleurosternidae, Naomichelys sp.; Glyptopsidae: Glyptops§ sp.
Squamata: Teiidae, cf. Peneteius‡ sp., spp. (2) indet.; ?Paramacellodidae§, n. gen. and sp.; Anguidae, spp. (2) indet.; Helodermatidae‡, n. gen. and sp.
Serpentes†: Aniliidae†, Coniophis†, sp.
Crocodilia: Bernissartidae§, Bernissartia§ sp.; Goniopholidae, cf. Dakotasuchus‡ sp., Polydectes‡ sp.; Atoposauridae§, sp. indet.; Teleosauridae§, Machimosaurus§ sp., sp. indet.; Pholidosauridae, sp. indet.
Dinosauria Theropoda: Dromaeosaurinae‡, sp. indet.; Veloceraptorinae, sp. indet.; Troodontidae‡, sp. indet., cf. Paronychodon‡ sp.; Family indet., cf. Richardoestesia‡ sp.; Tyrannosauridae†, cf. Alectrosaurus‡ sp.
Sauropoda‖: Brachiosauridae§, cf. Astrodon§ sp.
Ornithopoda: Hadrosauridae‡, n. gen. and sp.; Hypsilophodontidae, cf. Zephyrosaurus sp.§, spp. (2) indet.
Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae, cf. Pawpawsaurus‡ n. sp.
Pachycephalosauria†: sp. indet.
Ceratopsia: Neoceratopsia, sp. indet.
Avialae Hesperornithiformes†, sp. indet.
Order indet: sp. indet.
Mammalia Triconodonta: Triconodontidae, spp. (3) indet.
Docodonta: Docodontidae§, sp. indet.
Multituberculata: Family indet., Paracimexomys robisoni‡, P. bestia‡, P. n. sp.‡, gen. and sp. indet.
Symmetrodonta: Spalacotheriidae, Symmetrodontoides spp. (2)‡, Spalacotheridium‡ sp.
Tribotheria: Picopsidae‡, spp. (2) indet; Pappotheriidae§, n. gen. and spp. (2).;
Family indet., n. gen and sp.
Marsupialia‡: Family indet., gen. and spp. (2) indet., ?Kokopellia juddi
*

Identifications based on 4,882 catalogued specimens in the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

†

First or only occurrence in North America.

‡

First occurrence.

§

Last occurrence.

Listed by ref. 14 for the Aptian/Albian Cloverly and Trinity faunas; now known (R.L.C., unpublished data) from as late as the Campanian in UT.

‖

Last occurrence in North America, before later reintroduction.