7 miles NE Adamana (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as Pseudopalatus pristinus holotype

Where: Apache County, Arizona (35.1° N, 109.7° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 48.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Petrified Forest Member (Chinle Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• "upper Petrified Forest Member"; now the Petrifed Forest Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by University of Missouri in 1922

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. G. Mehl. 1928. Pseudopalatus pristinus, a new genus and species of phytosaurs from Arizona. The University of Missouri Studies 3:7-22 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93566: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 25.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
"Pseudopalatus pristinus n. gen. n. sp." = Machaeroprosopus pristinus
"Pseudopalatus pristinus n. gen. n. sp." = Machaeroprosopus pristinus Mehl 1928 archosaur
UM VP 525, skull