SMP Loc. 420a: Late Campanian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
1 specimen
SMP VP-2015 humerus fragment
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
1 specimen
SMP VP-2491 plastron fragment
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Sullivan and Lucas 2014 2 specimens
SMP VP-2020, 2094
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.2° North, 108.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.5° North, 71.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:Kirtland Member:De-na-zin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:De-na-zin
Database number:154569
Authorizer:D. Nicholson, M. Carrano Enterer:D. Nicholson, M. Carrano
Created:2014-02-21 09:15:37 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-02-21 09:15:37
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]

Secondary references:

55658 R. M. Sullivan and S. G. Lucas. 2014. Stratigraphic distribution of hadrosaurids in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland, Kirtland, and Ojo Alamo formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 361-384 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]