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
Prognathodon overtoni (Williston 1897)
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]