SMP Loc. 309: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected by R. M. Sullivan 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis
Sullivan 1999
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SMP VP-1149 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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? Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Sullivan et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMP VP-1491 posterior marginal? | ||||||||||
| 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. M. Sullivan | Collection dates: | 1998 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76761 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | M. Carrano, D. Nicholson |
| Created: | 2007-12-03 11:53:16 | Last modified: | 2007-12-03 13:53:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-12-03 11:53:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25980. | ETE | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |