SMP Loc. 463 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Fossil Forest

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.1° N, 107.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.4° N, 70.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Fossil Forest Member (Fruitland Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Sullivan, S. E. Jasinski, and S. G. Lucas. 2012. Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 337-387 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 154383: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 19.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Aspideretoides robustus" = Trionyx robustus
"Aspideretoides robustus" = Trionyx robustus Gilmore 1919 softshell turtle
SMP VP-2698 carapace fragments including nuchal & neural
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
SMP VP-3275 carapace fragments