Barrel Springs Arroyo 5 (USNM): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, New Mexico
collected by Reeside 1916
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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1 individual | |||||||||
fragmentary skull | ||||||||||
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, 85.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 1946 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: 10-12 ft above base of formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Associated major elements: | all |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
Collectors: | Reeside | Collection dates: | 1916 |
Metadata
Database number: | 62546 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-07-21 11:28:09 | Last modified: | 2018-07-13 16:06:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-21 11:28:09 |
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:
12314 | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1933. A revision of the Ceratopsia or horned dinosaurs. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 3(3):1-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |