MNA 1060, Ward Terrace (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Coconino County, Arizona (36.1° N, 111.3° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 50.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Owl Rock Member (Chinle Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• upper part of Owl Rock Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Kirby. 1993. Relationships of Late Triassic basin evolution and faunal replacement in the southwestern United States: perspectives from the upper part of the Chinle Formation in northern Arizona. In S. G. Lucas and M. Morales (eds.), The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3:233-242 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84010: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.09.2008, edited by Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarioxylon sp. Kraus 1870
Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
"Pseudopalatus buceros" = Machaeroprosopus buceros
"Pseudopalatus buceros" = Machaeroprosopus buceros Cope 1881 archosaur
MNA V7211, maxillary fragment