UTEP Loc. 959, Vanderwagen (Cretaceous to of the United States)

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
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Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Ornithischia indet. ornithischian
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza cf. schneideri Slaughter and Steiner 1968 ray
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
"Scapanorhynchus raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
"Scapanorhynchus raphiodon" = Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Agassiz 1843 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
? Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma sp. Gabb 1877 volute
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail
Gyrodes depressa Meek 1877 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cf. soleniscus Meek 1893 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam