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Cerro de Muleros, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)31.795,-106.545
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationNew Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Cerro de MulerosKennedy W. J., Cobban W. A., et al (1988)BoquillasFew centimeters thick bed of coquinoidal and calcarenitic limestone at the base of the Boquillas formation.grainstone99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Inoceramus arvanus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : Inoceramus arvanus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostrea beloiti
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea beloiti99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acanthoceras amphibolum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Acanthoceras : Acanthoceras amphibolum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cunningtoniceras johnsonianum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Cunningtoniceras : Cunningtoniceras johnsonianum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paracompsoceras landisi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Paracompsoceras : Paracompsoceras landisi99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tarrantoceras sellardsi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Tarrantoceras : Tarrantoceras sellardsi99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anisoceras plicatilis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Anisoceratidae : Anisoceras : Anisoceras plicatilis99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) sp.
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Desmoceras : Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella)99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Moremanoceras straini
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Moremanoceras : Moremanoceras straini99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Turrilites : Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A., et al (1988) Middle Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) molluscan fauna from the base of the Boquillas Formation, Cerro de Muleros, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin 114, 35-44
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