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| | REVIEW OF CRETACEOUS MAMMALIAN PALEONTOLOGY: GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The Cretaceous section on the within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument spans at least 20 million years (current isotopic dates provide a range of 94.7-73.9 Ma) and includes nonmarine faunas from the Cenomanian through Campanian. |
 | | Cimolomys, Cimolodon, Cedaromys, the cladotherians Spalacotheridium, Potamotelses, Picopsis, the marsupials Alphadon, Varalphadon) from the John Henry Member (Santonian) of the Straight Cliffs Formation; 15 genera (the multituberculates Mesodma, Cimolodon, Meniscoessus, Cimolomys, Cimexomys, Bryceomys, Cedaromys, ? |
 | | At the genus level, the mammalian fauna includes 23 first occurrences, 12 last occurrences, and 6 unique occurrences. |
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