NMMNH locality 6258: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected by University of Arizona field party 1975
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Pentaceratops sternbergii
Osborn 1923
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1 individual | |||||||||
UA 13342 ( = NMMNH P-50000) | ||||||||||
= Bisticeratops froeseorum n. gen., n. sp.
Dalman et al. 2022
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Dalman et al. 2022 | |||||||||
NMMNH P-50000 (formerly UALP 13342) - holotype (nearly complete skull) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 108.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 79.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 1889 meters | ||||
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: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Kirtland | Member: | Farmington | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of the Farmington Member of the Kirtland Formation, about 74 Ma |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray "shale" |
Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "gray shales with interbedded lenses of sandstone and mudstone" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | all |
Disassociated major elements: | none |
Disassociated minor elements: | none |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | NMMNH | ||
Collectors: | University of Arizona field party | Collection dates: | 1975 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Alamo Mesa; Bisti/De-na-zin Federal Wilderness area | ||
Database number: | 34828 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-10-03 08:47:35 | Last modified: | 2023-05-08 15:23:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-10-03 08:47:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9303. | T. Rowe, E. H. Colbert, and J. D. Nations. 1981. The occurrence of Pentaceratops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) with a description of its frill. Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology, S. G. Lucas, J. K. Rigby Jr., and B. S. Kues (eds.), University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque 29-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
82389 | S. G. Dalman, S. E. Jasinski, and S. G. Lucas. 2022. A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Farmington Member of the Kirtland Formation, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 90:127-153 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
84668 | J. J. Fry. 2015. Redescription of a Specimen of Pentaceratops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) And Phylogenetic Evaluation of Five Referred Specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of New Mexico 1-91 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
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] |