Anson County, Palaeonornis type (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Anson County, North Carolina (35.0° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 18.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pekin Formation (Chatham Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone

• "red variegated sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Current location of the specimen is unknown

Primary reference: E. Emmons. 1857. American Geology, Containing a Statement of the Principles of the Science with Full Illustrations of the Characteristic American Fossils. With an Atlas and a Geological Map of the United States Part IV:x-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107424: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Palaeonornis struthionoides n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeonornis struthionoides n. gen. n. sp. Emmons 1857 archosaur
Rostrum fragment