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5 km east of Burnham Trading Post , San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)36.2857,-108.227
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationNew Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
5 km east of Burnham Trading Post (MNA)Rowe T., Colbert E. H., et al (1981)Fruitlandupper part of formation; approx. 145 m above base of formationsandstone83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alamo Mesa West, San Juan (USNM)Lehman T. M. (1993)Kirtlandlower Kirtlandnot reported83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Angiospermae
phylum
Plantae : Angiospermae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Arecaceae
family
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : Arecaceae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pentaceratops sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ceratopsidae : Pentaceratops83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pentaceratops sternbergii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ceratopsidae : Pentaceratops : Pentaceratops sternbergii83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Adocus bossi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Adocidae : Adocus : Adocus bossi83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trionychidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Albertosaurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Tyrannosauridae : Albertosaurus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Unio sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : Unio83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coniferophyta
phylum
Plantae : Coniferophyta83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Gilmore C. W. (1935) On the Reptilia of the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, with descriptions of new species of fossil turtles, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83 2978, 159-188
Rowe T., Colbert E. H., et al (1981) The occurrence of Pentaceratops (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia) with a description of its frill, Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology, S. G. Lucas, J. K. Rigby Jr., and B. S. Kues (eds.), University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 29-48
Lehman T. M. (1993) New data on the ceratopsian dinosaur Pentaceratops sternbergii Osborn from New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 67 2, 279-288
Alroy J. (2006) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates
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!
 
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