Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.7° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pictured Cliffs Sandstone Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. G. Lucas and T. E. Williamson. 1993. New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 2 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 14472: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Paralbula sp. Blake 1940 | |
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835 | |
Mammalia | |
Theria indet. Parker and Haswell 1897 mammal | |
Cimolomys sp. Marsh 1889 multituberculate | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
Saurischia indet. saurischian | |
Hadrosauroidea indet. ornithopod | |
Alligatoridae indet. crocodilian | |
Chondrichthyes | |
cf. Synechodus sp. Woodward 1888 elasmobranch | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Odontaspis cheethami sand tiger shark
Odontaspis cf. sanguinei Case 1978 sand tiger shark | |
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark | |
Cretodus sp. Sokolov 1965 mackerel shark
Cretodus arcuata mackerel shark | |
cf. Cantioscyllium sp. Woodward 1889 nurse shark | |
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856 ray | |
Ptychotrygon blainensis Case 1978 ray | |
Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978 guitarfish | |
cf. Myledaphus sp. Cope 1876 guitarfish | |
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch |