NMMNH L-3650, Elephant Butte (middle): Late Campanian - Maastrichtian, New Mexico
collected by G. Mack 1981
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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| phalanges, vertebrae, limb fragments | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Sierra |
| Coordinates: | 33.2° North, 107.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.9° North, 72.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 1327 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 - Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late Campanian - Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 66 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green,red mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "grayish red and olive gray mudstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | G. Mack | Collection dates: | 1981 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 178746 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-05-13 13:03:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-13 13:03:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59148. | S. G. Lucas, G. H. Mack, and J. W. Estep. 1998. The ceratopsian dinosaur Torosaurus from the Upper Cretaceous McRae Formation, Sierra County, New Mexico. In J. W. Estep, G. S. Austin, & J. M. Barker (eds.), New Mexico Geological Society, 49th Field Conference, Las Cruces Country II. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 49:223-227 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |