De-na-zin Wash (LACM 5533): Puercan, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Neurankylus cf. eximius
Lambe 1902
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= Neurankylus sp.
Lambe 1902
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Larson et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 108.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.2° North, 87.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nacimiento | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "'Puerco Interval,' approximately 10 m above the base of the Nacimiento Formation... earliest Paleocene"
Pu1 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green,white sandy mudstone |
| Lithology description: "greenish-white, sandy mudstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | LACM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74532 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | J. Alroy, D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-09 15:00:39 | Last modified: | 2022-04-26 09:34:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-09 15:00:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 784. | R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, A. P. Hunt and T. H. Fritts. 1988. Color pattern on the selmacryptodiran turtle Neurankylus from the Early Paleocene (Puercan) of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 401:1-9 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 50300 | D. W. Larson, N. R. Longrich, D. C. Evans and M. J. Ryan. 2013. A new species of Neurankylus from the Milk River Formation (Cretaceous: Santonian) of Alberta, Canada, and a revision of the type species N. eximius. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 389-405 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/P. Holroyd] |