UTEP Loc. 959, Vanderwagen: Turonian - Coniacian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Echinodontidae indet.
Reptilia - Ornithischia
Ornithischia indet. Seeley 1888
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza cf. schneideri Slaughter and Steiner 1968
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
? Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Lamna raphiodon
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860
Gyrodes depressa Meek 1877
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Fasciolaria cf. utahensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma sp. Gabb 1877
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cf. soleniscus Meek 1893
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium sp. (Gabb 1869)
synonym of Trachycardium
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:McKinley
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 108.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.5° North, 75.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:2178 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Turonian - Coniacian
Age range of interval:93.90000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mancos/Gullup
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:56389
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:K. Maguire Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-17 12:34:54 Last modified:2005-11-17 14:57:19
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-17 12:34:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15088.ETE 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]