NMMNH locality L-2770 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.3° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 78.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cleary Coal Member (Menefee Formation), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the NMMNH

Primary reference: A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:77-91 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 51987: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid