UTEP Loc. 666, Alamo Mesa East: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Kritosaurus sp. Brown 1910
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, 79.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:1892 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:Fruitland/Kirtland
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:none
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:56271
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:J. Tennant Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-16 11:08:12 Last modified:2013-05-10 04:33:39
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-16 11:08:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15088.ETE B. S. Kues, J. W. Froehlich, J. A. Schiebout and S. G. Lucas. 1977. Paleontological survey, resource assessment, and mitigation plan for the Bisti-Star Lake Area, northwestern New Mexico. Report to the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

46756 A. Prieto-Marquez. 2013. Skeletal morphology of Kritosaurus navajovius (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of the North American south-west, with an evaluation of the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of Kritosaurini. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]