NMMNH L-6266, Lower Hunter Wash: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico
collected 1975
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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cf. Cimolestes sp.
Marsh 1889
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Mammalia
- Gypsonictopidae
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Gypsonictops sp.
Simpson 1927
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= Gypsonictops clemensi
Rigby and Wolberg 1987
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Rigby and Wolberg 1987 | |||||||||
| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Pediomyidae
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cf. Pediomys cooki
Clemens 1966
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| recombined as Leptalestes cooki | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Bistius bondi
Clemens and Lillegraven 1986
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Clemens and Lillegraven 1986 | |||||||||
| KU loc. NM 37 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Alphadontidae
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Alphadon sp.
Simpson 1927
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| questionably said to be new | ||||||||||
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Alphadon cf. marshi
Simpson 1927
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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cf. Essonodon sp.
Simpson 1927
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Meniscoessus intermedius
Fox 1976
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Eucosmodontidae
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Eucosmodontidae indet.
Jepsen 1940
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon sp.
Marsh 1889
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Cimolodon electus
Fox 1971
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma sp.
Jepsen 1940
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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cf. Kimbetohia campi
Simpson 1936
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Paracimexomys judithae
(Sahni 1972)
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= Cimexomys judithae
Sahni 1972
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Dromaeosauridae informal indet. A
Colbert and Russell 1969
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Williamson and Brusatte 2014 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| NMMNH P-49808, 66896 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Prodesmodon copei
Estes 1964
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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cf. Eopelobates sp.
Parker 1929
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 79.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kirtland | Member: | Hunter Wash |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1975 |
| Taxonomic list comments:includes lists of Clemens 1973, Lindsay et al. 1981, and Armstrong-Ziegler 1978; "cf. Peradectes" of latter may or may not be valid list of Hunt and Lucas 1993 is based instead on Alamo Wash for unstated reasons, whereas Lower Hunter Wash is included in a composite "Fruitland Fm." list considered Edmontonian by Lillegraven and Ostresh 1990 but Judithian by Rowe et al. 1992 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bisti Trading Post; UALP 75137, 76168; ID 804 | ||
| Database number: | 14498 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-02-15 15:42:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1497. | L. J. Flynn. 1986. Late Cretaceous mammal horizons from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2845:1-30 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1246 | W. A. Clemens and J. A. Lillegraven. 1986. New Late Cretaceous, North American advanced therian mammals that fit neither the marsupial nor eutherian molds. In K. M. Flanagan and J. A. Lillegraven (eds.), Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming Special Paper 3:55-85 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 65027 | J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
| 2907 | J. K. Rigby, Jr. and D. L. Wolberg. 1987. The therian mammalian fauna (Campanian) of Quarry 1, Fossil Forest study area, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Geological Society of America Special Paper 209:51-79 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 50790 | T. E. Williamson and S. L. Brusatte. 2014. Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous dinosaur evolution. PLoS ONE 9(4):e93190:1-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |