Jon Powell Microsite: Lancian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma formosa (Marsh 1889)
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Alphadon marshi Simpson 1927
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 108.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 85.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval:Lancian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ojo Alamo Member:Naashoibito
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-8020; "Alamo Wash" in part
Database number:14573
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2012-03-06 09:04:49
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1497. L. J. Flynn. 1986. Late Cretaceous mammal horizons from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2845:1-30 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]