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