KU 18 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as KUVP-18, KUVP NM-18, NMMNH L-4718

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 79.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bisti Member (Fruitland Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by W. Clemens in 2001

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

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 56622: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 21.11.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano and John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet.2 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
KUVP 129742, 129743
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae "indet. A"3 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
NMMNH P-38027
 Avetheropoda -
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Theriamorpha -
Theria indet. Parker and Haswell 1897 mammal
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadon sp. Simpson 1927 metatherian
 Theriamorpha -
Eutheria indet. eutherian
 Marsupialia -
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate