UTEP Loc. 770, Pueblo Bonito NW: Late Campanian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.2° North, 108.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.5° North, 70.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1918 meters
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:Fruitland/Kirtland
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Abundance in sediment:common
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:56325
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-16 14:33:37 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-16 14:33:37
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
15088.ETE B. S. Kues, J. W. Froehlich, J. A. Schiebout and S. G. Lucas. 1977. Paleontological survey, resource assessment, and mitigation plan for the Bisti-Star Lake Area, northwestern New Mexico. Report to the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Uhen]