San Jon (Basal Tucumcari Formation): Albian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cribratinidae
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Cribratina texana
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Washitaster bravoensis
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
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aff. Cretodus sp.
Sokolov 1965
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Coelodus sp.
Haeckel
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula (Cycloserpula) cragini
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Dentalium) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Brancoceratidae
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Mortoniceras equidistans
Cobban 1987
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella seriatimgranulata
Roemer 1849
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira cragini
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Sarganidae
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Hillites newberryi
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Drepanochilus aff. mudgeana
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma cragini
Stanton 1947
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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Amberleya mudgeana
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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"Isocardia" aff. slatana
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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? Aphrodina sp.
Conrad 1869
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Flaventia belviderensis
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Cyprimeria cf. washitaensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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? Linearia (Liothyris) aff. kansasensis
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original and current combination Linearis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Pleuriocardia kansasense
Meek 1871
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Protocardia texana
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Protocardia filosa
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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? Parvilucina sp.
(Dall 1901)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Ludbrookia belviderensis
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Crassatellina oblonga
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Scabrotrigonia emoryi
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spelled with current rank as Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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"Inoceramus" bellvuensis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea texana
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Neithea occidentalis
Conrad 1855
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima utahensis
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Lima wacoensis
Roemer 1849
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula incongrua
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Plicatula quayensis n. sp.
Kues 1997
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Phelopteria aff. salinaensis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna guadalupae
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Nicaisolopha subovata
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Peilinia n. gen. levicostata
Kues 1997
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Texigryphaea pitcheri
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Ceratostreon texanum
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Gyrostrea hinchada n. sp.
Kues 1997
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Gymnolaemata
- Ctenostomata
- Vinellidae
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Vinella sp.
Ulrich 1890
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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? Montastraea sp.
Blainville 1830
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Rennensismilia stainbrooki
(Wells 1933)
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original and current combination Trochosmilia stainbrooki | |||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Coelosmilia texana
(Conrad 1857)
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Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Quay |
Coordinates: | 35.1° North, 103.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° North, 62.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
Key time interval: | Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tucumcari | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 1.2 m part of section including several beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray conglomeratic "shale" |
Secondary lithology: | conglomeratic,calcareous sandstone |
Lithology description: "in ascending order... gray to grayish-brown shale containing rounded quartzite pebbles and cobbles up to 5 cm in diameter, highly fissile dark gray shale, and an upper interval consisting of interbedded dark gray shale and three thin, calcareous, locally conglomeratic, sandstone ledges" | |
Environment: | shoreface |
Geology comments: "open bay to lower to upper shoreface environments" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 37561 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Krause |
Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-03-16 21:01:12 | Last modified: | 2013-02-05 07:55:36 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-16 21:01:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10048. | B. S. Kues. 1997. New bivalve taxa from the Tucumcari Formation (Cretaceous, Albian), New Mexico, and the biostratigraphic significance of the basal Tucumcari fauna. Journal of Paleontology 71(5):820-839 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
44654 | B. S. Kues and S. G. Lucas. 2001. Nearshore fauna of the Tucumcari Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Albian), Quay County, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause] |