SMP Loc. 210, Willow Wash: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected by R. M. Sullivan 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Sullivan et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMP VP-817 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretoides austerus
(Hay 1908)
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Sullivan et al. 2012 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Trionyx austerus | ||||||||||
| SMP VP-811, SMP VP-1959 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Fowler and Sullivan 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMP VP 1900 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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cf. Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Sullivan and Lucas 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMP VP-974, ?paroccipital process | ||||||||||
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Sullivan and Lucas 2014 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| SMP VP-827, 1960 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Daspletosaurus sp.
Russell 1970
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Fowler and Sullivan 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| tooth marks | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ornithomimidae
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Ornithomimidae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Sullivan et al. 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMP VP-971 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Ornithomimus antiquus
(Leidy 1865)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Ornithomimosauria | ||||||||||
| 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | medium,coarse sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "... discovered... in a thin (<1cm) bed of medium-to-course grained sandstone near the base of a prominent mound. The dorsal side of the ilia rested on a mudstone-sandstone contact..." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: "... believed... [to have been] washed in with the deposition of high energy sand." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Feeding/predation traces: | punctures,tooth marks |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 1 individuals | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. M. Sullivan | Collection dates: | 1995 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47195 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Head, D. Nicholson, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Head, M. Carrano, D. Nicholson, S. Miller |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-02-17 15:07:48 | Last modified: | 2015-06-30 15:50:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-17 15:07:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12620. | R. M. Sullivan. 1997. A juvenile Ornithomimus antiquus (Dinosauria: Theropoda: Ornithomimosauria), from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (De-na-zin Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 48th Field Conference, Mesozoic Geology and Paleontology of the Four Corners Region 249-254 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 26639 | ETE | D. W. Fowler and R. M. Sullivan. 2006. A ceratopsid pelvis with toothmarks from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, New Mexico: evidence of Late Campanian tyrannosaurid feeding behavior. In: S. G. Lucas & R. M. Sullivan, Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:127-130 [M. Carrano/S. Miller/M. Carrano] |
| 50161 | R. M. Sullivan, S. E. Jasinski, and S. G. Lucas. 2012. Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 337-387 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/P. Holroyd] | |
| 55658 | R. M. Sullivan and S. G. Lucas. 2014. Stratigraphic distribution of hadrosaurids in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland, Kirtland, and Ojo Alamo formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 361-384 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 12621 | R. M. Sullivan, D.H. Tanke, and B.M. Rothschild. 2000. An impact fracture in an ornithomimid (Ornithomimosauria:Dinosauria) metatarsal from the upper Cretaceous (late Campanian) of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 109-111 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head] |