BUNM-77-675 (NMMNH L-929): Lancian, New Mexico
collected by R. Devore 1977

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890
Lucas et al. 1987 1 specimen
partial claw, NMMNH P-22660
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Saurornithoididae indet. Barsbold 1974
Jasinski et al. 2011 3 specimens
synonym of Troodontidae
UNM FFF-014 (= NMMNH P-22566); NMMNH P-33520, 33521
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
cf. Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990
Williamson and Brusatte 2014 1 specimen
NMMNH P-22567
Reptilia - Saltasauridae
Alamosaurus sanjuanensis Gilmore 1922
2 specimens
UNM specimens, teeth; NMMNH P-27921
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
? Chamops sp. Marsh 1892
Jasinski et al. 2011 1 specimen
NMMNH P-15017
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Essonodon browni Simpson 1927
Lehman 1984
(1 measurement)
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Squatirhina sp. Casier 1947
Jasinski et al. 2011 1 specimen
NMMNH P-27832
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 108.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 85.7° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1921 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
*Local age/stage:Lancian
Key time interval:Lancian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kirtland Member:Naashoibito
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "coarse conglomeratic channel deposits"
Environment:"channel"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UNM
Collectors:R. Devore Collection dates:1977
Taxonomic list comments:presumably in the Ojo Alamo Arroyo
Metadata
Also known as:Alamo Wash (in part), Rick's Site
Database number:14518
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2023-02-15 15:32:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23604.ETE B. S. Kues, T. M. Lehman, and J. K. Rigby, Jr. 1980. The teeth of Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, a Late Cretaceous sauropod. Journal of Paleontology 54(4):864-869 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

66250 S. E. Jasinski, R. M. Sullivan, and S. G. Lucas. 2011. Taxonomic composition of the Alamo Wash local fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Ojo Alamo Formation (Naashoibito Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, & J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53:216-271 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]
2212 T. M. Lehman. 1981. The Alamo Wash local fauna: a new look at the old Ojo Alamo fauna. In S. G. Lucas, J. K. Rigby Jr., B. S. Kues (eds.), Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology. New Mexico University Press, Albuquerque 189-221 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
22135% 26780T. M. Lehman. 1984. The multituberculate Essonodon browni from the Upper Cretaceous Naashoibito Member of the Kirtland Shale, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(4):602-603 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
12486ETE S. G. Lucas, N. J. Mateer, A. P. Hunt and F. M. O'Neill. 1987. Dinosaurs, the age of the Fruitland and Kirtland Formations, and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. J. E. Fassett and J. K. Rigby, Jr. (eds.), The Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the San Juan and Raton Basins, New Mexico and Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 209:35-50 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
50790 T. E. Williamson and S. L. Brusatte. 2014. Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous dinosaur evolution. PLoS ONE 9(4):e93190:1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]