Hogback South, MNA Locality C: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Leidyosuchus sp. Lambe 1907
isolated teeth
    = Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842
Alroy 2007
Reptilia
Brachychampsa sp. Gilmore 1911
isolated teeth
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
isolated carapace and plastron fragments
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Alphadon cf. marshi Simpson 1927
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia fragosa Jordan 1927
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Squatirhina sp. Casier 1947
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion selachos Estes 1964
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Teredina neomexicana
Armstrong-Ziegler 1980
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
Armstrong-Ziegler 1980
"crab claws"
Insecta
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758
Armstrong-Ziegler 1980
insect burrows
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.5° North, 108.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.8° North, 79.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: within the upper 15.2 m of the Fruitland
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty "shale"
Secondary lithology:lenticular calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:1.000 Maximum sieve size:1.600
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: MNA locality #93, used tandem screen boxes, with 1/16 inch mesh size and 1/25 inch mesh. Some samples were disaggregated using Amine 220 and Methyl Amyl Alcohol.
Metadata
Also known as:#93
Database number:36542
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:E. Leckey, J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Subset of collection #:36449
Created:2004-02-03 09:30:31 Last modified:2012-03-06 09:40:01
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-03 09:30:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9765. J. G. Armstrong-Ziegler. 1978. An aniliid snake and associated vertebrates from the Campanian of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 52(2):480-483 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
9776 J. G. Armstrong-Ziegler. 1980. Amphibia and Reptilia from the Campanian of New Mexico. Fieldiana 4:1-39 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]