south-central Willow Wash, SMP Loc. 361: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected by R. M. Sullivan & S. G. Lucas 2004

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis Sullivan 1999
Sullivan and Fowler 2006 2 specimens
SMP VP-1870, 2074 (tail club)
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Sullivan and Lucas 2014 3 specimens
SMP VP-1101, 1738, 1742
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Saurornitholestes robustus Sullivan 2006
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Troodontidae
SMP VP-1741
Reptilia - Testudines
cf. Aspideretoides sp. Gardner et al. 1995
Sullivan et al. 2012 1 specimen
SMP VP-1426 proximal end of left femur
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
cf. Adocus sp. Cope 1868
Sullivan et al. 2012 1 specimen
SMP VP-1098 carapace & plastron fragments
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys cf. gaffneyi Sullivan et al. 2012
Sullivan et al. 2012 1 specimen
SMP VP-1382 carapace fragment
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:based on nearby landmark
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kirtland Member:De-na-zin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Kirtlandian"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated minor elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:R. M. Sullivan & S. G. Lucas Collection dates:2004
Metadata
Database number:76107
Authorizer:M. Carrano, D. Nicholson Enterer:M. Carrano, D. Nicholson
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2007-11-13 18:00:14 Last modified:2018-07-05 15:14:46
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-13 18:00:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25803.ETE R. M. Sullivan. 2006. Saurornitholestes robustus, n. sp. (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (De-na-zin Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan (eds.), Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:253-256 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

66248 M. E. Burns and R. M. Sullivan. 2011. The tail club of Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis (Dinosauria: Ankylosauridae), with a review of ankylosaurid tail club morphology and homology. In R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, & J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53:179-186 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
25980ETE R. M. Sullivan and D. W. Fowler. 2006. New specimens of the rare ankylosaurid dinosaur Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis (Ornithischia: Ankylosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (De-na-zin Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan (eds.), Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:259-261 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]
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]