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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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"Aspideretoides robustus" = Trionyx robustus
"Aspideretoides robustus" = Trionyx robustus Gilmore 1919 softshell turtle SMP VP-2698 carapace fragments including nuchal & neural
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