NMMNH Loc. 1791 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Hunter Wash

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 79.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hunter Wash Member (Kirtland Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• 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 154623: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 26.02.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys cf. gaffneyi Sullivan et al. 2012 turtle
NMMNH P-22935 carapace fragment