Archuleta County, south of Pagosa Springs: Campanian, Colorado
collected by Robert York
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Prognathodon overtoni
(Williston 1897)
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1 individual | |||||||||
UNM LK-2 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Archuleta |
Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 107.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 77.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 2316 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lewis Shale |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary,red or brown silty "limestone" |
Secondary lithology: | black poorly lithified mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Abundance in sediment: | few |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 1 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | Robert York |
Metadata
Database number: | 99494 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-11-13 07:43:16 | Last modified: | 2010-11-12 14:43:16 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-13 07:43:16 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
34214. | B. S. Kues and S. G. Lucas. 1985. Mosasaur remains from the Lewis Shale (Upper Cretaceous), Southwestern Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 59(6):1395-1400 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |