KU 18: Late Campanian, New Mexico
collected by W. Clemens 2001

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
2 specimens
1 specimen
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
3 specimens
Mammalia
4 specimens
12 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
82 specimens
Reptilia
1 specimen
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
1 specimen
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2006
Reptilia - Avetheropoda
1 specimen
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Williamson and Brusatte 2014 1 specimen
NMMNH P-38027
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Gardner 2000 2 specimens
KUVP 129742, 129743
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:1767
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 Member:Bisti
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:W. Clemens Collection dates:2001
Metadata
Also known as:KUVP-18, KUVP NM-18, NMMNH L-4718
Database number:56622
Authorizer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy Enterer:K. Maguire, J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-21 11:57:44 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-21 11:57:44
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:

18120 J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
42675 J. D. Gardner. 2000. Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of North America. Geodiversitas 22(3):349-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52039 J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
50790 T. E. Williamson and S. L. Brusatte. 2014. Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous dinosaur evolution. PLoS ONE 9(4):e93190:1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]