Where: Sierra County, New Mexico (33.2° N, 107.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 81.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: McRae Formation, Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• Found at the boundary of the Hall Lake Member and Jose Creek Member
•Amato et al. 2017 dated Jose Creek member and lower Hall Lake member of the McRae Formation to Late Campanian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1981
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. P. Lozinsky, A. P. Hunt, D. L. Wolberg and S. G. Lucas. 1984. Late Cretaceous (Lancian) dinosaurs from the McRae Formation, Sierra County, New Mexico. New Mexico Geology 6(4):72-77 [B. Tiffney/J. Jacobson/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55289: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 05.10.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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