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Ojo Alamo W1, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	36.7281,-108.218
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	New Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Nacimiento W2	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Nacimiento			66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Nacimiento W4	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Nacimiento			66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Near Ojo Alamo	Gaffney E. S. (1972)	Nacimiento	about 50 feet above the upper conglomerate, and therefore above the dinosaur-bearing beds" (ibid.). Probably Paleocene, Nacimiento Formation.	not reported	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Ojo Alamo	Gaffney E. S. (1972)	Nacimiento	There is some doubt regarding the level at which the specimen was secured, but it is supposed that it came from the beds above the upper conglomerate; therefore above the dinosaur beds" (ibid.). Probably Paleocene, Nacimiento Formation.	not reported	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Ojo Alamo W1	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Ojo Alamo Sandstone		sandstone	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Ojo Alamo W16	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Ojo Sandstone			66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Lower Kirtland W5	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Upper Kirtland			100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nacimiento W8	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Nacimiento			100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Upper Kirtland W10	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Upper Kirtland			100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Upper Kirtland W18	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Upper Kirtland			100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Upper Kirtland W6	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Upper Kirtland			100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Upper Kirtland W7	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Upper Kirtland			100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Upper KirtlandW14	Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995)	Upper Kirtland			100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Plataninium sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : *Plataninium*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metcalfeoxylon sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : *Metcalfeoxylon*	100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paraphyllanthoxylon sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : *Paraphyllanthoxylon*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Compsemys victa species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : *Compsemys victa*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene

References

Gaffney E. S. (1972) The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147 5, 245-312

Wheeler E. A., McClammer J., et al (1995) Similarities and differences in dicotyledonous woods of the Cretaceous and Paleocene. San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA, International Association of Wood Anatomists Journal 16 3, 223-254

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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