NMMNH Loc. 6554: Late Campanian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| NMMNH P-49821 (UA 14388) entoplastron | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.6° 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Member and formation not known for certain. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | De-na-zin? | ||
| Database number: | 154631 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson |
| Created: | 2014-02-26 08:07:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-02-26 08:07:12 |
| 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] |