DMNH loc. 6685 (Black Bowl): Late Campanian, New Mexico
collected by Denver Museum of Nature & Science field crew 2014 2016

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
DMNH EPV.119583
Reptilia - Anguidae
DMNHEPV.119455 and 119457
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.2° North, 107.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° North, 70.9° 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 Formation; Hunter Wash Local Fauna
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,gray sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: gray fine-grained sandstone with carbon staining
Environment:delta plain
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:DMNH
Collectors:Denver Museum of Nature & Science field crew Collection dates:2014 and 2016
Metadata
Also known as:Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area; Hunter Wash Local Fauna
Database number:209046
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion
Created:2020-04-24 06:43:33 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2020-04-24 06:43:33
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
72177. C. H. Woolley, N. D. Smith, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2020. New fossil lizard specimens from a poorly-known squamate assemblage in the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. PeerJ 8:e8846:1-30 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]