NMMNH Loc. 3228 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as De-na-zin

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.5° N, 108.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 79.3° 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)

• 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 154661: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 28.02.2014, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
? Aspideretoides sp. Gardner et al. 1995 turtle
NMMNH P-26204 costal fragment
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.1 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
NMMNH P-32605, 32756, 32780
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodontidae indet.2 Gilmore 1924 maniraptoran
NMMNH P-68396
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae "indet. A"2 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
NMMNH P-26201, 26205, 32752, 68395
Richardoestesia cf. isosceles2 Sankey 2001 maniraptoran
NMMNH P-32753