NMMNH Loc. 1672 (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 154419: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 20.02.2014, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908 ankylosaurid
NMMNH P-22654
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Neurankylus cf. baueri Gilmore 1916 turtle
NMMNH P-22655 three shell fragments
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys cf. gaffneyi Sullivan et al. 2012 turtle
NMMNH P-22651 shell fragment
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
NMMNH P-22652 three shell fragments, NMMNH P-22653 shell fragment