ammonites
UTEP Loc. D8254, Star Lake (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: McKinley County, New Mexico (36.0° N, 107.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 79.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fruitland/Kirtland Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1977

Primary reference: B. S. Kues, J. W. Froehlich, J. A. Schiebout and S. G. Lucas. 1977. Paleontological survey, resource assessment, and mitigation plan for the Bisti-Star Lake Area, northwestern New Mexico. Report to the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56582: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 21.11.2005