Where: McKinley County, New Mexico (35.3° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 75.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mancos/Gullup Formation, Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 86.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56389: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 17.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Ornithischia indet. ornithischian | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Ischyrhiza cf. schneideri Slaughter and Steiner 1968 ray | |
"Scapanorhynchus raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
"Scapanorhynchus raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Agassiz 1843 goblin shark | |
? Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
Gastropoda | |
Volutoderma sp. Gabb 1877 volute | |
? Fasciolaria cf. utahensis tulip snail | |
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail
Gyrodes depressa Meek 1877 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle | |
Ostrea cf. soleniscus Meek 1893 oyster | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam |