SMP Loc. 311, Hunter Wash: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected by R. M. Sullivan & S. G. Lucas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Sullivan and Lucas 2014 1 specimen
SMP VP-977, pedal phalanx
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes langstoni Sues 1978
1 specimen
    = Saurornitholestes robustus Sullivan 2006
Sullivan 2006
SMP VP-1270
    = Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Evans et al. 2014
    = Saurornitholestes sullivani n. sp. Jasinski 2015
Jasinski 2015
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 108.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.6° North, 79.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1920 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kirtland Member:De-na-zin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Disassociated major elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),mechanical,field collection
Collection size:1 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:R. M. Sullivan & S. G. Lucas
Metadata
Database number:47189
Authorizer:J. Head, M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Head, M. Carrano, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2005-02-17 12:55:27 Last modified:2015-05-11 09:26:20
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-17 12:55:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12614.5% 56080R. M. Sullivan and S. G. Lucas. 2000. First occurrence of Saurornitholestes (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17:105-108 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

85490 D. C. Evans, D. W. Larson, T. M. Cullen and R. M. Sullivan. 2014. “Saurornitholestes” robustus is a troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51(7):730-734 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55247 S. E. Jasinski. 2015. A new dromaeosaurid (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of New Mexico. In R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Fossil Record 4. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67:79-88 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
25803ETE R. M. Sullivan. 2006. Saurornitholestes robustus, n. sp. (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (De-na-zin Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan (eds.), Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:253-256 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55658 R. M. Sullivan and S. G. Lucas. 2014. Stratigraphic distribution of hadrosaurids in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland, Kirtland, and Ojo Alamo formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 361-384 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]