Big Cimarron Valley (Triassic of the United States)
Where: Union County, New Mexico (36.9° N, 103.5° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 42.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Sloan Canyon Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported
• "Majority of specimens in this formation found in lacustrine beach deposits"
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UNM
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: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94105: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 09.02.2010
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Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
"Pseudopalatus pristinus" = Machaeroprosopus pristinus
"Pseudopalatus pristinus" = Machaeroprosopus pristinus Mehl 1928 archosaur | |
| Amphibia | |
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Apachesaurus gregorii Hunt 1993 tetrapod | |