NMMNH L-4013: Late Campanian, New Mexico
collected by P. Sealey 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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1 specimen | ||||||||||
NMMNH P-27450, scute | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
Coordinates: | 36.5° North, 108.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.9° North, 71.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
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: | Naashoibito | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "approximately 30 ft. below the Ojo Alamo sand" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | white sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "Eroding from white channel sand" | |
Environment: | coarse channel fill |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | P. Sealey | Collection dates: | 1998 |
Metadata
Database number: | 222086 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2021-09-08 18:24:28 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-09-08 18:24:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
66250. | S. E. Jasinski, R. M. Sullivan, and S. G. Lucas. 2011. Taxonomic composition of the Alamo Wash local fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Ojo Alamo Formation (Naashoibito Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, & J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53:216-271 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |