NMMNH Loc. 6552 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as De-na-zin?

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 79.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: De-na-zin? Member (Kirtland? Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Member and formation not known for certain.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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 154432: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 20.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
cf. Aspideretoides sp. Gardner et al. 1995 turtle
NMMNH P-49853 (UA 14400) plastron fragment
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
NMMNH P-49855 (UA 14399) two shell fragments
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
NMMNH P-49854 (UA 14401) shell fragment