Coal Creek [FMNH]: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected by C. H. Sternberg 1922–1923

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Sullivan and Williamson 1999 1 individual
FMNH field no. 49
Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus n. gen., n. sp. Ostrom 1961
1 individual
FMNH P27393; Sternberg #24 (5 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.0° North, 108.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.2° North, 79.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:Fruitland Member:Fossil Forest
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Disagreement as to whether it comes from the upper Fruitland Fm. or the lower Kirtland Fm., but Gates et al. (2021) argue for the former
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH
Collectors:C. H. Sternberg Collection dates:1922–1923
Metadata
Also known as:8 miles southeast of Tsaya
Database number:51534
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-06-07 11:57:45 Last modified:2023-09-27 09:41:35
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-07 11:57:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13707.ETE J. H. Ostrom. 1961. A new species of hadrosaurian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):575-577 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

63687 Anonymous. 1963. New species of dinosaur. Science News Letter 84(22):340 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
75868 T. A. Gates, D. C. Evans, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2021. Description and rediagnosis of the crested hadrosaurid (Ornithopoda) dinosaur Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus on the basis of new cranial remains. PeerJ 9:e10669:1-35 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]
78329 A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 2003. Origin and stratigraphy of historic dinosaur quarries in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland Formation of the Fossil Forest Research Natural Area, northwestern New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas, S. C. Semken, W. Berglof, & D. Ulmer-Scholle (eds.), New Mexico Geological Society, 54th Field Conference, Geology of the Zuni Plateau. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 54:383-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
21437 B. S. Kues. 1982. Fossils of New Mexico 1-226 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Carrano]
17145ETE J. H. Ostrom. 1963. Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, a crested hadrosaurian dinosaur from New Mexico. Fieldiana (Geology) 14(8):143-168 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
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]
12626 R. M. Sullivan and T. E. Williamson. 1999. A new skull of Parasaurolophus (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico and a revision of the genus. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 15:1-52 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano]
61518 D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
61466 D. L. Wolberg. 1980. Data base an review of paleofaunas and floras of the Fruitland Formation, Late Cretaceous, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, with interpretive observations and age relationships. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Open File Report 117:1-70 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78190 D. L. Wolberg and D. Bellis. 1990. Report of the regional historical, stratigraphic, and paleontological framework of the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Fossil Forest locality near Split Lip Flats, San Juan County, New Mexico, with possible management options and a review of paleontological management goals for public lands. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Open File Report 368:1-437 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]