Barrel Springs Arroyo 3 (USNM): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, New Mexico
collected by Reeside 1916
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Scelidosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 8611 | ||||||||||
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= informal Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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Kues et al. 1977 | |||||||||
| "armored dinosaur" | ||||||||||
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= Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Lehman 1981 | |||||||||
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= Glyptodontopelta mimus
Ford 2000
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Burns 2008 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 108.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 85.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 1920 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ojo Alamo | Member: | Naashoibito | ||
| Local section: | Barrl | Local bed: | 2 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 3-8 ft above base of Ojo Alamo Sandstone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,brown,white conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Sandstone, soft white, conglomeratic; contains brown concretions" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | Reeside | Collection dates: | 1916 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 62544 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-21 11:23:46 | Last modified: | 2018-07-13 16:04:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-21 11:23:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18055. | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1919. Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 119:1-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 29922 | ETE | M. E. Burns. 2008. Taxonomic utility of ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) osteoderms: Glyptodontopelta mimus Ford, 2000: a test case. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1102-1109 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 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] | |
| 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] |
| 2212 | T. M. Lehman. 1981. The Alamo Wash local fauna: a new look at the old Ojo Alamo fauna. In S. G. Lucas, J. K. Rigby Jr., B. S. Kues (eds.), Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology. New Mexico University Press, Albuquerque 189-221 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |