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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Arganodontidae
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Arganodus sp.
Martin 1979
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Reptilia
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Chatterjeea elegans
Long and Murry 1995
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 126751, distal right femur | ||||||||||
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= Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Parker and Irmis 2005 | |||||||||
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Typothorax coccinarum
Cope 1875
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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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Pseudopalatinae indet.
Long and Murry 1995
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1 element | |||||||||
| replaced by Mystriosuchini | ||||||||||
| UCMP, scute | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arizona | County: | Apache |
| Coordinates: | 34.8° North, 109.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.5° North, 48.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 228.00000 - 208.50000 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). |
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 | Enterer: | K. Maguire, R. Butler, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-12-16 11:09:43 | Last modified: | 2010-01-19 04:22:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-16 11:09:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
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/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13103 | U.C.M.P. Database. 2005. UCMP collections database. University of California Museum of Paleontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] |