Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 108.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 79.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fruitland/Kirtland Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• "Bisti Badlands"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, white sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: B. S. Kues, J. W. Froehlich, J. A. Schiebout and S. G. Lucas. 1977. Paleontological survey, resource assessment, and mitigation plan for the Bisti-Star Lake Area, northwestern New Mexico. Report to the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56021: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 10.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid | |
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890 ornithomimid |