NMMNH Loc. 1674: Late Campanian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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| NMMNH P-22743 various shell & bone fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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| NMMNH P-22742 shell fragments, NMMNH P-22744 various shell fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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| NMMNH P-22747 carapace/plastron fragments, NMMNH P-22740 carapace fragments, NMMNH P-22750 incomplete costals | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| NMMNH P-22741 plastron fragment | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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| NMMNH P-25075 nearly complete | ||||||||||
| NMMNH P-22745 various shell fragments | ||||||||||
| NMMNH P-22749 shell fragment | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 107.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.4° North, 70.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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 |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fruitland | Member: | Fossil Forest |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Fossil Forest | ||
| Database number: | 154386 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson |
| Created: | 2014-02-19 06:01:06 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-02-19 06:01:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |