Ojo Alamo-Hunter (USNM): Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected by Bauer 1915
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Neurankylus baueri n. sp.
Gilmore 1916
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1 individual | |||||||||
| USNM 8344 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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| spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | ||||||||||
| teeth, limb | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Trachodontidae indet.
Lydekker 1888
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Hadrosauridae | ||||||||||
| phalanges, cervicals | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Deinodon sp.
Leidy 1856
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| nomen dubium belonging to Tyrannosauroidea | ||||||||||
| teeth | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Myledaphus sp.
Cope 1876
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| USNM 8356 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 79.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 1825 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
| Formation: | Kirtland | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lowermost part of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | Bauer | Collection dates: | 1915 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gilmore locality 80 | ||
| Database number: | 62481 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-20 12:09:04 | Last modified: | 2021-09-27 15:38:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-20 12:09:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18036. | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1916. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of San Juan County, New Mexico. 2. Vertebrate faunas of the Ojo Alamo, Kirtland and Fruitland Formations. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 98-Q:279-302 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 704 | E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson] | |
| 12319 | ETE | R. S. Lull and N. E. Wright. 1942. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper 40:1-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 78190 | D. L. Wolberg and D. Bellis. 1990. Report of the regional historical, stratigraphic, and paleontological framework of the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Fossil Forest locality near Split Lip Flats, San Juan County, New Mexico, with possible management options and a review of paleontological management goals for public lands. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Open File Report 368:1-437 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |