Where: McKinley County, New Mexico (35.3° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 55.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. L. Chenoweth & J. E. Self in 1953
Primary reference: C. T. Smith. 1961. Triassic and Jurassic rocks of the Albuquerque area. In S. A. Northrop (ed.), New Mexico Geological Society 12th Annual Fall Field Conference, Albuquerque Country. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 12:121-128 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 225131: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.04.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Apatosaurus sp. Marsh 1877 diplodocid |