Also known as NMMNH 3263, 4406-4409, and 4429-4432
Where: Bernalillo County, New Mexico (35.1° N, 106.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 70.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Acanthoceras amphibolum zone, Paguate Tongue Member (Dakota Sandstone Formation), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• ~22 m thick section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, concretionary, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMMNH
Primary reference: P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas. 2000. Exceptionally preserved invertebrate fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Paguate Member of the Dakota Formation, Rio Puerco Valley, Sandoval county, New Mexico. New Mexico Geology 22(2):51 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 10180: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 27.02.2001, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
Acanthoceras amphibolum Morrow 1935 ammonite | |
"Turrilites acutus" = Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus
| |
Bivalvia | |
Legumen ellipticum venus clam | |
Granocardium enstromi Bergquist 1944 cockle | |
"Idonearca depressa" = Cucullaea (Idonearca)
"Idonearca depressa" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) clam | |
Exogyra trigeri oyster
Pycnodonte kellumi oyster | |
Ostrea beloiti Logan 1899 oyster | |
"Avicula ? gastrodes" = Phelopteria gastrodes
"Avicula ? gastrodes" = Phelopteria gastrodes Meek 1873 pearl oyster |