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Mojado

FormationMojado
Member(s)Sarten
Age:105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
IntervalLate Albian
Lithologysiliciclastic
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences1

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
NMMNH L-5291Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USAMojado - Sarten
NMMNH L-5292Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USAMojado - Sarten
NMMNH L-5293Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USAMojado - Sarten
Sample 493-L5KHidalgo County, New Mexico, USAMojado
Bowen Gulch East tracksite Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USAMojado - Sarten
Railroad RIdge tracksite Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USAMojado - Sarten
Brick Plant tracksite Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USAMojado - Sarten
Ladrillera tracksite Juárez Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoMojado - Sarten
Thalassinoides Burrow tracksite Juárez Municipality, Chihuahua, MexicoMojado - Sarten
Festival tracksite El Paso County, Texas, USAMojado - Sarten
Crazy Cat landslide tracksite El Paso County, Texas, USAMojado - Sarten

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Mojado - Sarten105 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
sandstone/mudstone, sandstone, sandstone/"shale"21

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Aulichnites sp.
genus
6Aulichnites105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Thalassinoides sp.
genus
6Thalassinoides105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Caririchnium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontipodidae : Caririchnium105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Ankylosauria
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ankylosauria105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Dinosauria
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Magnoavipes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Ornithomimipodidae : Magnoavipes105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Theropoda
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Gyrostrea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Gyrostrea105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Engonoceras serpentinum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Engonoceratidae : Engonoceras : Engonoceras serpentinum105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous

References

Lucas S. G., Estep J. W. (1998) The late Albian ammonite Engonoceras from southwest New Mexico, New Mexico Geology 20, 78-82
Kappus E. J., Lucas S. G., et al (2003) Dinosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous Sarten Member of the Mojado Formation at Cerro de Cristo Rey, Dona Aña County, New Mexico, Ichnos 10, 263-267 doi:10.1080/10420940390257905
Kappus E. J., Lucas S. G., et al (2011) The Cerro de Cristo Rey Cretaceous dinosaur tracksites, Sunland Park, New Mexico, USA, and Chihuahua, Mexico, Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53, 272-288
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