NMMNH locality L-2769: Early/Lower Campanian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
9 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
2 specimens
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Dinosauria
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
2 specimens
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
9 elements
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:Sandoval
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 106.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 78.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Menefee Member:Cleary Coal
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:NMMNH
Metadata
Database number:51986
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-07-08 10:34:43 Last modified:2021-05-11 03:41:34
Access level:the public Released:2005-07-08 10:34:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1965. A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Cretaceous vertebrates of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:77-91 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]