NMMNH Loc. 2387: Late Campanian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
NMMNH P-32851 carapace/plastron fragments, NMMNH P-32852 carapace/plastron fragments
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
NMMNH P-32871 six shell fragments, NMMNH P-32964 thirteen fragments
Reptilia - Baenidae
NMMNH P-32867 five carapace fragments
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:154395
Authorizer:D. Nicholson Enterer:D. Nicholson
Created:2014-02-19 06:48:42 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-02-19 06:48:42
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]