NMMNH L-1501 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: McKinley County, New Mexico (35.4° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 10.9° N, 47.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Blue Mesa Member (Chinle Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Adamanian LVF; radiometric dates suggest that the Chinle is entirely Norian in age. Also known as the Blue Mesa Member of the Chinle Formation. Lowermost part of member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by A. P. Hunt & S. G. Lucas; reposited in the NMMNH

Primary reference: A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Triassic vertebrate paleontology and biochronology of New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas & J. Zidek (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:49-60 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75657: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria -
"Parasuchia indet." = Phytosauria
"Parasuchia indet." = Phytosauria Jaeger 1828 phytosaur
NMMNH P-22479, two scutes. NMMNH P-25650, fragments from all parts of the skeleton
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposauridae indet. Watson 1919 tetrapod
NMMNH P-22485, five skull fragments