Hunter Wash [USNM]: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected by C. W. Gilmore 1929
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Pentaceratops sternbergii
Osborn 1923
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1 individual | |||||||||
| USNM 12741, partial skull | ||||||||||
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= Pentaceratops sp.
Osborn 1923
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Lehman 1993 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.4° North, 108.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 79.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kirtland | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: orig. assigned to McDermott Fm | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "purple shales" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | C. W. Gilmore | Collection dates: | Jun 1929 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 199764 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-02-13 15:55:00 | Last modified: | 2020-09-01 08:28:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-02-13 15:55:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2212. | T. M. Lehman. 1981. The Alamo Wash local fauna: a new look at the old Ojo Alamo fauna. In S. G. Lucas, J. K. Rigby Jr., B. S. Kues (eds.), Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology. New Mexico University Press, Albuquerque 189-221 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14625 | ETE | T. M. Lehman. 1993. New data on the ceratopsian dinosaur Pentaceratops sternbergii Osborn from New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 67(2):279-288 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |