Flattops West, PFV 71: Norian, Arizona
collected by UCMP 1982
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ceratodontiformes
- Arganodontidae
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Reptilia
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| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
| UCMP 126956, 126958, 126959, 126872, paramedian plates and plate fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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| 1 element | ||||||||||
| UCMP, scute | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| UCMP 126751, distal right femur | ||||||||||
| Parker and Irmis 2005 | ||||||||||
| Marsh and Parker 2020 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arizona | County: | Apache |
| Coordinates: | 34.8° North, 109.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.3° North, 37.7° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.3 - 205.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chinle | Member: | Petrified Forest | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Petrified Forest Formation"; now known as the Petrified Forest Member (Woody 2003) or the Painted Desert Member of the Petrified Forest Formation (Heckert & Lucas 2002).
- Below Painted Desert Sanstone 3 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
| Collectors: | UCMP | Collection dates: | 1982 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | PEFO 85146, UCMP V82259 | ||
| Database number: | 57684 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler, B. Gee | Enterer: | K. Maguire, B. Gee, M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-12-16 11:09:43 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-16 11:09:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 13103 | M. T. Carrano. 2005. Fossil Vertebrate Collections. University of California Museum of Paleontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 78440 | K. M. Loughney, D. E. Fastovsky, and W. G. Parker. 2011. Vertebrate fossil preservation in blue paleosols from the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, with implications for vertebrate biostratigraphy in the Chinle Formation. Palaios 26(11):700-718 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 75605 | A. D. Marsh and W. G. Parker. 2020. New dinosauromorph specimens from Petrified Forest National Park and a global biostratigraphic review of Triassic dinosauromorph body fossils. PaleoBios 37 [B. Gee/B. Gee] | |
| 15512 | ETE | W. Parker and R. B. Irmis. 2005. Advances in Late Triassic vertebrate paleontology based on new material from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Vertebrate Paleontology in Arizona, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 29:45-58 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
| 16671 | ETE | W. G. Parker. 2002. Correlation of locality numbers for vertebrate fossil sites in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. A. B. Heckert & S. G. Lucas (eds.), Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21:37-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |