NMMNH locality L-2770: Early/Lower Campanian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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2 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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1 specimen | ||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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3 specimens | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Sandoval |
Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 106.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.4° North, 78.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Menefee | Member: | Cleary Coal |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
Metadata
Database number: | 51987 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-07-08 10:36:01 | Last modified: | 2021-05-11 03:41:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-08 10:36:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1965. | A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:77-91 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |