NMMNH L-3334: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected by Toadlena 1987
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Pentaceratops sp.
Osborn 1923
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1 individual | |||||||||
| UNM FKK-081 (= NMMNH P-21098) | ||||||||||
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= Chasmosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1915
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Fry 2015 | |||||||||
| possibly a new taxon | ||||||||||
| 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: | 1920 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: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Toadlena | Collection dates: | 1987 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UNM V-144 | ||
| Database number: | 46991 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-01-28 14:36:51 | Last modified: | 2023-05-08 15:26:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-01-28 14:36:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12486. | ETE | S. G. Lucas, N. J. Mateer, A. P. Hunt and F. M. O'Neill. 1987. Dinosaurs, the age of the Fruitland and Kirtland Formations, and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. J. E. Fassett and J. K. Rigby, Jr. (eds.), The Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the San Juan and Raton Basins, New Mexico and Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 209:35-50 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |