NMMNH Loc. 1674 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Fossil Forest

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.1° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 79.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMMNH

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 154386: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 19.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Compsemys sp. Leidy 1856 turtle
NMMNH P-22741 plastron fragment
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Neurankylus baueri Gilmore 1916 turtle
NMMNH P-22745 various shell fragments
Neurankylus cf. baueri Gilmore 1916 turtle
NMMNH P-22749 shell fragment
Denazinemys nodosa Gilmore 1916 turtle
NMMNH P-25075 nearly complete
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
NMMNH P-22743 various shell & bone fragments
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
NMMNH P-22747 carapace/plastron fragments, NMMNH P-22740 carapace fragments, NMMNH P-22750 incomplete costals
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys cf. gaffneyi Sullivan et al. 2012 turtle
NMMNH P-22742 shell fragments, NMMNH P-22744 various shell fragments