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 154423: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 20.02.2014, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Trionychidae indet., "Aspideretoides robustus" = Trionyx robustus, "Aspideretoides cf. robustus" = Trionyx robustus
"Aspideretoides robustus" = Trionyx robustus Gilmore 1919 softshell turtle NMMNH P-28321 costal fragment
"Aspideretoides cf. robustus" = Trionyx robustus Gilmore 1919 softshell turtle NMMNH P-28320 numerous carapace fragments
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