Juana Lopez Member

[kgbudge]

Some fossils from the Juana Lopez Member (Turonian) in the western foothills of the Sierra Nacimiento, New Mexico.

 

Inoceramids.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borings, or just erosional pits?

 

 

Possible Entobia trace fossils?

 

 

This puzzles me.

 

 

Trace fossil?

[kgbudge]

Sorry, that last one needs an indication of scale. The entire slab is about a foot (30 cm) long.

 

[Jeffrey P]

The first four are Inoceramus clams. The others, I'm not sure. 

[kgbudge]

Also from the Juana Lopez: A bryozoan. These aren't terribly common from this formation.

 

At lower left. The good closeup:

 

[kgbudge]

Don't think I've posted this one before. A nice little inoceramid fossil from the Juana Lopez.

 

Also some not-terribly-well-preserved bryozoan stems in the slab. I can just make out pockets here and there.