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Dakota - Paguate, New Mexico, USA

FormationDakota
MemberPaguate
Age:99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalCenomanian
Tectonic SettingCratonic basin
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences11

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
NMMNH composite localityBernalillo County, New Mexico, USADakota - Paguate
NMMNH locality 9575Sandoval County, New Mexico, USADakota - Paguate

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Abo296 - 254 Ma
Permian
sandstone, sandstone/siltstone, mudstone, siltstone/sandstone41

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cucullaea (Idonearca) sp.
subgenus
6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Cucullaeidae : Cucullaea : Cucullaea (Idonearca)100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Granocardium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Granocardium100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exogyra sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Exogyra100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pycnodonte sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Pycnodonte100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostrea beloiti
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea beloiti100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Avicula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Avicula100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Legumen sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Legumen100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acanthoceras amphibolum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Acanthoceras : Acanthoceras amphibolum100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pachydesmoceras maroccanum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Pachydesmoceras : Pachydesmoceras maroccanum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Turrilites : Turrilites (Turrilites) acutus100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turritella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Sealey P. L., Lucas S. G. (2000) Exceptionally preserved invertebrate fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Paguate Member of the Dakota Formation, Rio Puerco Valley, Sandoval county, New Mexico, New Mexico Geology 22 2, 51
Sealey P. L., Lucas S. G. (2017) First record of the Cenomanian (Cretaceous) ammonite Pachydesmoceras maroccanum from North America, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 283, 77-84
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