Barrel Springs Arroyo 5 (USNM) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 85.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Naashoibito Member (Ojo Alamo Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• 10-12 ft above base of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Reeside in 1916; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1919. Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 119:1-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 62546: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
fragmentary skull