Image: Cedar Mountain Formation Yellow Cat Fauna

Description: Faunal diagram comparing the known paleobiota of the Yellow Cat Member in the Cedar Mountain Formation, North America. Dating back to the Middle Berriasian to 139 ± 1.3 million to 134.6 ± 1.7 million years ago, or, Berriasian to Late Valanginian stages, in the Early Cretaceous.[1] The Yellow Cat Member is divided in two beds: Upper Yellow Cat and Lower Yellow Cat; consequently, the fauna is divided too, being older and younger:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]Upper Yellow Cat: Aquatilavipes, Cedarosaurus, Cedrorestes, Ceratodus, Cifelliodon, Gastonia, Glyptops, Hippodraco, Martharaptor, Moabosaurus, Sail backed Iguanodont, Semionotus, Toxolophosaurus, Trinitichelys, U. Eudromaeosaur, U. Goniopholidids, U. Hybodontids, U. Mesoeucrocodylian, U. Neochoristodere, U. Polyacrodontid and Utahraptor. Lower Yellow Cat: Falcarius, Geminiraptor, Iguanacolossus, Mierasaurus, Naomichelys, U. Goniopholidids, U. Velociraptorine and Yurgovuchia.
Title: Cedar Mountain Formation Yellow Cat Fauna
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