Fossil Forest hadrosaur (KU): Late Campanian, New Mexico
collected by Kansas Univ. 1985

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
1 specimen
juvenile; KUVP 96980
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 108.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.6° North, 71.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Fruitland Fm.
Lithology and environment
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Geology comments: "lowland fluvial/deltaic environment"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:Kansas Univ. Collection dates:1985
Metadata
Database number:50304
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-05-12 08:59:31 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-12 08:59:31
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
13509.ETE J. P. Hall. 1993. A juvenile hadrosaurid from New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3):367-369 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]