head of middle branch, Meyers Creek: Late Campanian, New Mexico
collected by C. H. Sternberg 1921

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Baenidae
1 specimen
"Exemplar No. 1" (referred to N. baueri by Wiman, p. 14, figs. 4-6, pl. 2 figs. 1-4, pl. 3 figs. 1-8b), an almost complete shell with limb girdles and vertebrae; "Exemplar No. 2" (referred to N. baueri by Wiman, p. 19, pl. 2 fig. 2-2a), a partial shell; = Sternberg's #15
Sullivan et al. 2012
PMU.R 24 (Exemplar 1) nearly complete carapace, plastron, axial & and appendicular skeleton; PMU.R 26 (Exemplar 2) nearly complete carapace & incomplete plastron
Reptilia
Hunt et al. 1992 1 specimen
tooth (NMMNH uncat.)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 107.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.5° North, 70.8° 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 Member:Lower Shale
Stratigraphy comments: "Fruitland shales". The locality data indicate an area in which the boundary between the Fruitland and Kirtland formations may be found. Sternberg notes ID level as Kirtland Shales.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:C. H. Sternberg Collection dates:1921
Metadata
Also known as:6 miles west of Kimbetoh, Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash
Database number:128456
Authorizer:R. Benson, D. Nicholson, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Benson, D. Nicholson, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-06-09 01:03:46 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-06-09 01:03:46
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
704. E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

78366 A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas, and N. J. Mateer. 1992. Charles H. Sternberg and the collection of Late Cretaceous vertebrate fossils from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas, B. S. Kues, T. E. Williamson, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 43rd Annual Fall Field Conference, San Juan Basin IV 43:241-250 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
50161 R. M. Sullivan, S. E. Jasinski, and S. G. Lucas. 2012. Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 337-387 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/P. Holroyd]
66821 R. M. Sullivan and S. G. Lucas. 2011. Charles Hazelius Sternberg and his San Juan Basin Cretaceous dinosaur collections: correspondence and photographs (1920–1925). In R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, & J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53:429-471 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]