Hunter Arroyo (USNM) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Gilmore locality 72

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 79.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kirtland Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Bauer in 1915; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1916. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of San Juan County, New Mexico. 2. Vertebrate faunas of the Ojo Alamo, Kirtland and Fruitland Formations. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 98-Q:279-302 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 62537: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa sp. Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
teeth
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar