KU 35 (#35 Hunters Wash): Late Campanian, New Mexico
collected by Including Jack Whetstone 1963

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Dinosauria
Reptilia - Testudines
Gaffney et al. 2006
KUVP 14765, skull (figs. 157–159), field no. MJW 45, collected by Jack Whetstone, 1963
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 108.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.6° North, 71.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1828 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:Kirtland Member:Hunter Wash
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Lowermost part of the Kirtland Formation (Scott et al., 1979). Hunt and Lucas (1992) have named this the Hunter Wash Member of the Kirtland Formation, and Clemens (1973) referred to it as the Hunter Wash local fauna. It is Late Campanian in age based on Hunt and Lucas (1992) and the dating of the nearby magnetozones as roughly 73–74 mya (Fassett and Steiner, 1997).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet.
Geology comments: Freshwater rivers and deltas with other turtle species, gars, and dinosaurs common (Sullivan and Lucas, 2003).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Including Jack Whetstone Collection dates:including 1963
Metadata
Also known as:KUVP-35
Database number:56625
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Uhen Enterer:K. Maguire, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-21 12:09:02 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-21 12:09:02
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]

Secondary references:

27976 E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]