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Point Lookout - Hosta, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA

FormationPoint Lookout
MemberHosta
Age:85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalMiddle Santonian
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences20

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Pence localityBernalillo County, New Mexico, USAPoint Lookout - Hosta

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Crevasse Canyon - Gibson Coal86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
sandstone6

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Amiiformes
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Batoidea
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Batoidea85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hybodus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ptychodus whipplei
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Ptychodontidae : Ptychodus : Ptychodus whipplei85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudocorax sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Anacoracidae : Pseudocorax85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Squalicorax falcatus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Anacoracidae : Squalicorax : Squalicorax falcatus85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cretolamna sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Cretoxyrhinidae : Cretolamna85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Mitsukurinidae : Scapanorhynchus : Scapanorhynchus raphiodon85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ptychotrygon triangularis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Sclerorhynchiformes : Ptychotrygonidae : Ptychotrygon : Ptychotrygon triangularis85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ischyrhiza mira
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Sclerorhynchiformes : Sclerorhynchidae : Ischyrhiza : Ischyrhiza mira85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylia
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Elasmosauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Brimosaurus : Elasmosauridae85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Platecarpus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Platecarpus85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Testudines
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Baenidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Baenidae85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trionychidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tyrannosauroidea
superfamily
4.7Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Chingkankousaurus : Tyrannosauroidea85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dromaeosauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Lucas S. G., Hunt A. P., et al (1988) Some Late Cretaceous reptiles from New Mexico, Contributions to Late Cretaceous paleontology and stratigraphy of New Mexico. Part III. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin 122, 49-60
Williamson T. E., Brusatte S. L. (2014) Small theropod teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and their implications for understanding latest Cretaceous dinosaur evolution, PLoS ONE 9 4, e93190:1-23 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093190
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