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Collection: NMMNH Locality L-4010 San Juan County, New Mexico, USA
| Age | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
|---|---|
| Interval | Late Campanian |
| Lat/Long | 36.2925,-108.55 |
| Co-ordinates derived from | based on nearby landmark |
| Location | NMMNH Loc L-4274 |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | San Juan County, New Mexico, USA |
| Geographic Scale | outcrop |
| Geographic Comments | "Hunter Wash, Bisti/De-na-zin Wilderness Area, northwestern New Mexico" |
| Formation | Fruitland |
| Member | Fossil Forest |
| Stratigraphic Scale | bed |
| Straigraphic Comments | approx. 5 m below the "Bisti Bed" |
| Lithology Description | "an intercalated clay-pebble conglomerate and volcanic ash, in turn overlain by planar-bedded sandstone" |
| Lithology | conglomerate |
| Second Lithology | sandstone |
| Environment | coarse channel fill |
| Geology Comments | "a well-drained upper delta plain environment" with deposit representing a channel fill. |
Associated Collections
| Collection | Formation | Member | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMMNH Loc L-4274, Hunter Wash | Kirtland | Hunter Wash | not reported | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
| NMMNH Location L-3506 | Kirtland | Hunter Wash | not reported | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
Recorded Fossils
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!
