Ward's Bonebed general area (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Coconino County, Arizona (35.9° N, 111.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 49.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH, UCMP, USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93541: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 22.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
"Buettneria perfecta" = Anaschisma browni, Apachesaurus gregorii
"Buettneria perfecta" = Anaschisma browni Branson 1905 tetrapod
USNM 2362, skull and mandible fragments. MNA, skull and interclavicle. UCMP 60291, complete skull. UCMP 27067, centrum. CM 9030, skull
Apachesaurus gregorii Hunt 1993 tetrapod
UCMP, seven centra
Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Stahleckeriidae
Placerias hesternus Lucas 1904 dicynodont
UCMP V3309, squamosal. UCMP V4121, scapula
Reptilia
 Loricata - Rauisuchidae
Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee 1985 rauisuchid
UCMP 36718, partial pelvis and dorsal vertebrae
 Pseudosuchia -
"Desmatosuchus haplocerus" = Episcoposaurus haplocerus
"Desmatosuchus haplocerus" = Episcoposaurus haplocerus Cope 1892 aetosaur
AMNH 3060, tibia and fibula. AMNH 19344, lateral horns and paramedian plate. CM 9042, paramedian plate. UA, pectoral spike
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
"Stagonolepis wellesi" = Calyptosuchus wellesi
"Stagonolepis wellesi" = Calyptosuchus wellesi Long and Ballew 1985 aetosaur
USNM, scutes and vertebrae. UCMP, plate fragments. AMNH 3004, paramedian plates
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
"Leptosuchus adamanensis" = Smilosuchus adamanensis
"Leptosuchus adamanensis" = Smilosuchus adamanensis Camp 1930 archosaur
UCMP 26688, squamosal