Genus: Alamosaurus GILMORE, 1922
Etymology: In reference to the Ojo Alamo Formation, where the specimen was found, and Greek, sauros, "lizard": “Alamo lizard”.

Species: sanjuanensis GILMORE, 1922
Etymology: For the San Juan County, New Mexico.

Holotype: USNM 10486

Locality: USNM locality V-143, De-na-zin Wash, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, T24N, R11W, Barrell Spring Arroyo, one mile south of Ojo Alamo, San Juan County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation (Old North Horn Formation).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Nearly complete left scapula.
Note: Tyrannosaurid teeth were found with the specimen, but not collected.

Paratype: USNM 10487: Nearly complete right ischium.

Referred material:

 

DALMA & LUCAS, 2016

Locality: Unknown, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late-early or earliest Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

SSM 5428: Nearly complete left humerus.

 

 

FOWLER & SULLIVAN, 2011

Locality: SMP Locality 884b, De-na-zin wash, San Juan Basin, San Juan County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Alamo Wash Local Fauna.

Age: Late-early or earliest Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

SMP VP-1625: Distal portion of left femur.

SMP VP-1625 distal end of left femur after FOWLER & SULLIVAN, 201.

 

Locality: SMP Locality 389b, Willow Wash, San Juan Basin, San Juan County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Alamo Wash Local Fauna.

Age: Late-early or earliest Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

SMP VP-1850: Posterior cervical vertebra.

SMP VP-1850 Posterior cervical vertebra after FOWLER & SULLIVAN, 2011: A) posterior and B) right latral views.

 

Locality: SMP loc. 410b, Willow Wash, San Juan Basin, San Juan County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Alamo Wash Local Fauna.

Age: Late-early or earliest Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

SMP VP-2104: Anterior caudal vertebra.


SMP VP-2104 caudal vertebra after FOWLER & SULLIVAN, 2011:

 

JASINSKI, SULLIVAN & LUCAS, 2011

Locality: San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Alamo Wash Local Fauna.

Age: Late-early or earliest Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-22544 (= UNM B-517, 518): An incomplete right tibia with distal and proximal ends.

NMNH P-25072 (= UNM B-0709): Nearly complete left scapula.

Note: Originally misidentified as a hypsilophodont by Lehman, 1981).

NMMNH P-49967: Partial right crus and pes consisting of the shafts of a tibia and fibula, 5 metatarsals, 2 proxima phalanges and 3 unguals.

SMP VP-1336: Posterior part of the left ilum, with an associated incomlpete rib and rib fragments.

SMP VP-1494: 2 incomlpete caudal vertebrae.

SMP VP-1539: Scapula blade.

SMP VP-1541: ?Skull fragments.

SMP VP-1581: Distal caudal vertebra.

SMP VP-1582: Distal caudal vertebra.

SMP VP-1625: Distal end of left femur with associated boen fragments.

SMP VP-1626: Nearly complete right fibula.

SMP VP-1641: Fragments from dorsal vertebra.

SMP VP-1715: A coracoid, part of a ?scapual, neurla spine, incomlpete ?vertebra, and associated fragments.

SMP VP-1718: Femur fragment with muscle scar present.

SMP VP-1850: Posterior cervical vertebra.

SMP VP-1864: Incomplete dorsal vertebra.

SMP VP-1866: Incomplete dorsla vertebra.

SMP VP-1876: Nearly complete right fibula.

SMP VP-2043: Proximal end of tibia.

SMP VP-2065: Incomplete right fibula with only mid-section present.

SMP VP-2097: Incomplete left ischium and right femur.

SMP VP-2104: Incomplete anterior caudal vertebra and bone fragments.

SMP VP-2175: Distal end of rigth radius.

SMP VP-2230: Nearly complete caudal with neural spine.

SMP VP-2232: Incomplete thoracic ribs and rib fragments.

SMP VP-2233: Anterior part of right ilium.

SMP VP-2507: Nearly complete tooth.

SMP VP-2696: ?Chevron and indeterminate bone fragments.

SMP VP-3323: Incomplete left pubis.

 

LEHMAN, 1981

Locality: NMMNH Locality 2349, Ojo Alamo, San Juan County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMMH P-25072 (old UNM B-709): Fragmentary ilium (Kirkland pers comm.)
Note: Was listed as a right Scapula of a hypsilophodontid.
Note: LUCAS & SULLIVAN, 2000 do not believe this to be a sauropod.

 


LEHMAN, 1985

Locality: UNM locality 77-505, NE 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec. 3, T24N, R12W, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

UNM B-22: Distal caudal centrum.

 


Locality: 3, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Uncollected: Femur.

 

Locality: 6, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Uncollected: Femur.

 


Locality: UNM Locality 77-675, NE 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec. 18, N24N, R11W, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

UNM B-656, NHMN P-29724 (old UNM FKK-003A-A-G): Teeth.

 


Locality: UNM Locality 77-748, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, Sec. 8, T22N, R10W, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

UNM B-709: Left scapula of a juvenile.

 


Locality: 14, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Uncollected: Ilium and ribs.

 

 

LOZINSKY, HUNT & WOLBERG, 1984

Locality: Elephant Butte area, Sierra County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Hall Lake Formation, McRae Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Latest Campanian-Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

TKM007: Incomplete right humerus.

TKM009: Left femur.

 


LUCAS & SULLIVAN, 2000

Locality: NMMNH 3332, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-25077 (= UNM FKK-033): Right femur fragment.

 


Locality: NMMNH 929, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-27291: Anterior caudal vertebra.

 


Locality: NMMNH 2191, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Unknown.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-29031 (old UMN FKK-522): Incomplete distal caudal vertebra.

Note: Now lost (Poropat, 2013).

 

Locality: NMMNH 4225, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-29725 (= UNM FKK-029): 1 tooth fragment, from type locality.

NMMNH P-29726: 4 teeth fragments.

 

Locality: NMMNH 4226, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P-29724 (= UNM FK-003): 7 tooth fragments.

NMMNH P-29727 (= UNM FKK-034): Tooth, from just north of type locality.

NMMNH P-29728 (= UNM B-656): 2 tooth fragments.

 


Locality: NMMNH 319b, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: De-na-zin Member, Lower Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Upper Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

SMP VP-1138: Incomplete left femur.

SMP VP-1139: Incomplete left? Pubis.

 


MATEER, 1976

Locality: Near Barrel Springs, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Latest Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Uppermost Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Topotypes:

PMU 24305 (formerly PMU.R174 [was PMU R.281]): Fragment of a right ilium.

PMU 24893 (formerly PMU.R172 [was PMU R 280] ): Posterior-most sacral vertebra and 2 anterior-most caudal vertebrae.

KUES, LEHMAN, & RIGBY, Jr. 1980

USNM 10487: Right ischium.

USNM 15658: Distal caudal vertebrae.

 

= cf. Alamosaurus sanjuanensis RIVERA-SYLVA, NAVA-RODRIGUEZ & SANCHEZ-URIBE, 2021

Locality: Locality MUDECH-2, 23 km southeast of the town of Manuel Benavides, municipality of Manuel Benavides, Ojinaga Basin, Chihuahua State, Mexico.

Horizon: Lower Javelina Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lancian, Maastrichtian Stage, Late Senonian Subepoch, Late Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.\Material:

MDCH V-043: Tooth fragment.

 

SULLIVAN & LUCAS, 2000

Locality: NMMNH 360, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Kirland Formation (was De-na-zin Member, Lower Kirtland Formation).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

SMP VP-1271: Slightly water-worn tooth.

SMP VP-1097: Tooth.

Alamosaurus sanjuanensis SMP VP-1097 after SULLIVAN & LUCAS, 2000.


Locality: NMNHM locality 4224, San Juan Basin, New Mexico.

Horizon: De-na-zin Member, Lower Kirtland Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Kirtlandian age, Upper Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

NMMNH P. 29722: 2nd caudal vertebra.

Alamosaurus sanjuanensis NMMNH P-29722 after SULLIVAN & LUCAS, 2000.

NMMNH P. 29723: Either caudal vertebra 3 or 4.

Alamosaurus sanjuanensis NMMNH P-29723 after SULLIVAN & LUCAS, 2000.

NMMNH P. 28741: 3rd caudal vertebra.

Alamosaurus sanjuanensis NMMNH P. 28741 after SULLIVAN & LUCAS, 2000.

 


SULLIVAN & WILLIAMSON, 1997

Locality: Near Barrel Springs, New Mexico.

Horizon: Naashoibito Member, Ojo Alamo Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Alamo Wash Local Fauna.

Age: Late-early or earliest Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Topotype: PMU 24804 (formerly PMU.R173): Cervical vertebrae.