UCM Loc. 82021, Revuelto Creek Local Fauna: Norian, New Mexico
collected 1981
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Rutiodon informal sp. B
Emmons 1856
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Pseudopalatus mccauleyi
Ballew 1989
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Hunt et al. 2006 | |||||||||
| recombined as Machaeroprosopus mccauleyi | ||||||||||
| YPM 3293, skull | ||||||||||
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Rutiodon gregorii
(Camp 1930)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= Arribasuchus bucercos
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Carpenter 1997 | |||||||||
| synonym of Machaeroprosopus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Shuvosauridae
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Parrish and Carpenter 1986 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UCM 52081 | ||||||||||
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= Shuvosaurus sp.
Chatterjee 1993
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Carpenter 1997 | |||||||||
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Poposaurus sp.
Mehl 1915
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1 individual | |||||||||
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= Chatterjeea elegans
Long and Murry 1995
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Carpenter 1997 | |||||||||
| synonym of Shuvosaurus inexpectatus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Desmatosuchus sp.
Case 1920
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Desmatosuchus chamaensis
Zeigler et al. 2002
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Zeigler et al. 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Rioarribasuchus chamaensis | ||||||||||
| UCM 47725, paramedian plate | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Parrish and Carpenter 1986 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
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Procompsognathidae indet.
Huene 1929
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1 individual | |||||||||
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= Gojirasaurus quayi n. gen., n. sp.
Carpenter 1997
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Carpenter 1997 | |||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
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Palaeonisciformes indet.
Hay 1902
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Parrish and Carpenter 1986 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Quay |
| Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 103.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.2° North, 43.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Dockum | Formation: | Bull Canyon | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late Early Norian; initially referred to "Cooper Canyon Formation" and later considered Bull Canyon. Hunt et al. 1998 assign this to Blue Mesa Mbr. of Chinle Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,ferruginous,intraclastic,gray calcareous,carbonaceous mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "purple weathering mudstone...the unweathered mudstone is grey, with pink mottles and reddish streaks of iron stain. Numerous grey mudclasts and 2-5 mm calcium carbonate nodules are also present." "The purple mudstone contains lenses of cross-stratified, reworked caliche as BB- and pea-sized carbonate nodules." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCM | Collection dates: | 1981 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49499 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, A. Dunhill, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, B. Allen, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-18 08:20:44 | Last modified: | 2021-11-15 16:11:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-18 08:20:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19871. | ETE | K. Carpenter and J. M. Parrish. 1985. Late Triassic vertebrates from Revuelto Creek, Quay County, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 36th Field Conference, Santa Rosa, NM 197-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 7058 | K. Carpenter. 1997. A giant coelophysoid (Ceratosauria) theropod from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 205(2):189-208 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 13905 | ETE | A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas, A. B. Heckert, R. M. Sullivan, and M. G. Lockley. 1998. Late Triassic dinosaurs from the western United States. Géobios 31(4):511-531 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
| 66841 | A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas, and J. A. Spielmann. 2006. Sexual dimorphism in a large brachyrostral phytosaur (Archosauria: Crurotarsi) from the Late Triassic of western North America. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:563-567 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 14122 | ETE | R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner] |
| 78626 | P. A. Murry. 1987. Notes on the stratigraphy and paleontology of the Upper Triassic Dockum Group. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 22:7-84 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 13246 | J. M. Parrish and K. Carpenter. 1986. A new vertebrate fauna from the Dockum Formation (Late Triassic) of eastern New Mexico. In K. Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 151-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 31725 | K. E. Zeigler, A. B. Heckert, and S. G. Lucas. 2002. A new species of Desmatosuchus (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of the Chama Basin, north-central New Mexico. In A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21:215-219 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |