NMMNH Locality L-4010: Late/Upper Campanian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Osteichthyes indet. (Huxley 1880)
Tanaka et al. 2011
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Tanaka et al. 2011
Reptilia
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Tanaka et al. 2011
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Sullivan et al. 2012
NMMNH P-32823 incomplete phalanx
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Aspideretoides cf. robustus (Gilmore 1919)
Sullivan et al. 2012
recombined as Trionyx robustus
NMMNH P-33916 nearly complete left xiphiplastron
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
Sullivan et al. 2012
NMMNH P-38403 entoplastron
Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys cf. gaffneyi Sullivan et al. 2012
Sullivan et al. 2012
NMMNH P-32828 limb osteoderm
Reptilia - Testudoolithidae
Testudoolithus sp. Hirsch 1996
Tanaka et al. 2011 12 specimens
NMMNH P-38474e, 38025e
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Sullivan et al. 2012
NMMNH P-38401 incomplete carapace
Denazinemys nodosa (Gilmore 1916)
Sullivan et al. 2012
NMMNH P-32890 incomplete carapace & fragments
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Tanaka et al. 2011
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Tanaka et al. 2011 2 specimens
NMMNH P-38025h
Bistahieversor sealeyi Carr and Williamson 2010
1 specimen
rostral ramus of a right lacrimal, NMMNH P-32824
Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae
Porituberoolithus sp. Zelenitsky et al. 1996
Tanaka et al. 2011 819 specimens
NMMNH P-38474a, 38025a, 36528
Continuoolithus sp. Zelenitsky et al. 1996
Tanaka et al. 2011 10 specimens
NMMNH P-38474b, 38025b, 36526, 36530
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Sullivan and Lucas 2014 4 specimens
NMMNH P-32803, 32810, 32840, 32843
Reptilia - Prismatoolithidae
Prismatoolithus sp. Zhao and Li 1993
Tanaka et al. 2011 2 specimens
NMMNH P-38025f
Reptilia - Krokolithidae
Krokolithidae indet. Kohring and Hirsch 1996
Tanaka et al. 2011 134 specimens
NMMNH P-38474c, d, 38025c, d, 36532
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Tanaka et al. 2011
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Tanaka et al. 2011
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820
Tanaka et al. 2011
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Tanaka et al. 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 108.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.6° North, 79.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fruitland Member:Fossil Forest
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: approx. 5 m below the "Bisti Bed"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:volcaniclastic,flat-pebble conglomerate
Secondary lithology:planar lamination sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "an intercalated clay-pebble conglomerate and volcanic ash, in turn overlain by planar-bedded sandstone"
Environment:coarse channel fill
Geology comments: "a well-drained upper delta plain environment" with deposit representing a channel fill.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-bonebed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMMNH
Metadata
Also known as:Hunter Wash
Database number:96814
Authorizer:M. Carrano, D. Nicholson Enterer:M. Oreska, M. Carrano, D. Nicholson
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2010-07-01 11:51:29 Last modified:2015-08-11 15:42:03
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-01 11:51:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32137.ETE T. D. Carr and T. E. Williamson. 2010. Bistahieversor sealeyi, gen. et sp. nov., a new tyrannosauroid from New Mexico and the origin of deep snouts in Tyrannosauroidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Oreska]

Secondary references:

50161 R. M. Sullivan, S. E. Jasinski, and S. G. Lucas. 2012. Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 337-387 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/P. Holroyd]
55658 R. M. Sullivan and S. G. Lucas. 2014. Stratigraphic distribution of hadrosaurids in the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland, Kirtland, and Ojo Alamo formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 361-384 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
43253 K. Tanaka, D. K. Zelenitsky, T. E. Willamson, A. Weil, and F. Therrien. 2011. Fossil eggshells from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation, New Mexico. Historical Biology 23(1):41-55 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]