Farley tracksite, NMMNH loc. 4258: Albian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontipodidae
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| 20 specimens | ||||||||||
| tracks | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Colfax |
| Coordinates: | 36.5° North, 104.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.2° North, 55.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 2072 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.2 - 100.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Dakota | Formation: | Mesa Rica Sandstone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: tracks are in the middle of the 10 m thick unit | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Ripple laminated sandstone bedding plane | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
| Collection method comments: 20 tracks, NMMNH P-31622 and P-31623 are casts from this site.
Site discovered by Fred, Francis, and Donny Fernandez on their ranch. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 54143 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-23 12:15:41 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-23 12:15:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14518. | ETE | S. G. Lucas, A. B. Heckert, and R. M. Sullivan. 2000. Cretaceous dinosaurs in New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas and A. B. Heckert (eds.), Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17:83-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 43968 | M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas, and A. P. Hunt. 2000. Dinosaur tracksites in New Mexico: a review. In S. G. Lucas and A. B. Heckert (eds.), Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 7:9-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |