SMP Loc. 288: Late Campanian, New Mexico
collected by D. Fowler 2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Azhdarchidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| SMP VP-1853 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 107.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.4° North, 70.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 72.2 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 75.56 to 74.44 Ma (Ar/Ar) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kirtland | Member: | Hunter Wash |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,yellow sandy mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "light-to-medium gray and tan sandy mudstones" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH | ||
| Collectors: | D. Fowler | Collection dates: | 2004 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash | ||
| Database number: | 138831 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-29 09:01:13 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-29 09:01:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44511. | R. M. Sullivan and D. W. Fowler. 2011. Navajodactylus boerei, n. gen., n. sp. (Pterosauria, ? Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (upper Campanian) of New Mexico. In R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas and J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 393-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |