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Moreno Hill - Lower, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA

Formation	Moreno Hill
Member	Lower
Age:	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Middle Turonian
Lithology	claystone, siltstone, mudstone, sandstone/siltstone
Number of Collections	6
Number of Occurrences	15

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Haystack Butte	McKinley County, New Mexico, USA	Moreno Hill - Lower

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Plantae kingdom	1	Plantae	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Amiidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Amiidae	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Melvius sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae : *Melvius*	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Jeyawati rugoculus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Jeyawati : *Jeyawati rugoculus*	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Zuniceratops christopheri species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Zuniceratops : *Zuniceratops christopheri*	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cheloniidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cheloniidae	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Suskityrannus hazelae species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Suskityrannus : *Suskityrannus hazelae*	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nothronychus mckinleyi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Therizinosauridae : Nothronychus : *Nothronychus mckinleyi*	93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Theropoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Wolfe D. G., Kirkland J. I. (1998) Zuniceratops christopheri n. gen. & n. sp., a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Moreno Hill Formation (Cretaceous, Turonian) of west-central New Mexico, S. G. Lucas, J. I. Kirkland, and J. W. Estep (eds.), Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14, 307-317

Kirkland J. I., Wolfe D. G. (2001) First definitive therizinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from North America, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 3, 410-414

Wolfe D. G. (2006) Theropod dinosaur tracks from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Moreno Hill Formation of New Mexico, Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, 115-117

McDonald A. T., Wolfe D. G., et al (2010) A new basal hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Turonian of New Mexico, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 3, 799-812

Nesbitt S. J., Denton R. K., et al (2019) A mid-Cretaceous tyrannosauroid and the origin of North American end-Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages, Nature Ecology & Evolution 3 6, 892-899 doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0888-0

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