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
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Kritosaurus sp.
Brown 1910
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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] |