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)
• "approximately 9.3 m (30 feet) below the base of the lower conglomerate (contact between the upper De-na-zin Member and lower Naashoibito Member and 13.1m (41 feet) below the base of the upper conglomerate contact of the upper Naashoibito Member and the lower part of the Ojo Alamo Sandstone)."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1995; reposited in the NMMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. M. Sullivan and T. E. Williamson. 1996. A new skull of Parasaurolophus (long-crested form) from New Mexico: external and internal (CT scans) features and their functional implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.):68A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47201: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 18.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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