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Collection: USGS D13972 Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
Age | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
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Interval | Late Coniacian |
Lat/Long | 35.65,-106.85 |
Co-ordinates derived from | based on political unit |
Location | USGS D8282 |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA |
Geographic Scale | small collection |
Geographic Comments | NW 1/4 sec. 35, T. 16 N., R. 2 W., Sandoval County |
Formation | Mancos Shale |
Member | El Vado |
Stratigraphic Scale | bed |
Zone | Scaphites depressus |
Straigraphic Comments | basal part of El Vado Member |
Lithology | "shale" |
Environment | marine indet. |
Associated Collections
Collection | Formation | Member | Lithology | Age |
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USGS D8282 | Mancos Shale | "shale" | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Inoceramus undabundus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : Inoceramus undabundus | low Mg calcite cast,mold/impression | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Magadiceramus genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Magadiceramus | low Mg calcite cast,mold/impression | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!