Pomona Terra-cotta (Pomona B): Carnian, North Carolina
collected by Russell & Patterson 1965-1967
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Rutiodon carolinensis
Emmons 1856
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= Rutiodon sp.
Emmons 1856
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Gore 1989 | |||||||||
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= Phytosauria indet.
Jaeger 1828
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Olsen and Huber 1998 | |||||||||
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Phytosauria indet.
Jaeger 1828
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Hunt and Lucas 1990 | |||||||||
| AMNH 2807, 2808, cranial fragments. AMNH 2803, scute | ||||||||||
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Typothorax sp.
Cope 1875
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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= cf. Typothorax sp.
Cope 1875
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Gore 1989 | |||||||||
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= Longosuchus meadei
Sawin 1947
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Hunt and Lucas 1990 | |||||||||
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= Lucasuchus hunti
Long and Murry 1995
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Long and Murry 1995 | |||||||||
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Carnosauria indet.
Huene 1920
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| "large carnivorous dinosaur" | ||||||||||
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= Rauisuchia indet.
Huene 1942
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Olsen and Huber 1998 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Suchia | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Stahleckeriidae
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Placerias gigas
Camp and Welles 1956
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| several individuals | ||||||||||
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= Placerias sp.
Lucas 1904
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Gore 1989 | |||||||||
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= Placerias hesternus
Lucas 1904
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Lucas and Hunt 1993 | |||||||||
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= Placerias cf. hesternus
Lucas 1904
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Olsen and Huber 1998 | |||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Redfieldiidae
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Redfieldiidae indet.
Hutchinson 1973
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Gore 1989 | |||||||||
| scales | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unionidae indet.
Rafinesque 1820
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Gore 1989 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Chatham |
| Coordinates: | 35.6° North, 79.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.5° North, 17.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 290 feet | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,red claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "reddish-brown clay-shale" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Russell & Patterson | Collection dates: | 1965-1967 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Pomona Pipe Products Co. clay pit | ||
| Database number: | 46567 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-01-19 13:25:23 | Last modified: | 2022-11-04 09:26:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-01-19 13:25:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12431. | ETE | D. Baird and O. F. Patterson. 1967. Dicynodont-archosaur fauna in the Pekin Formation (Upper Triassic) of North Carolina. Geological Society of America Special Paper 115:11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 83012 | P. J. W. Gore. 1989. Stop 1.1: Boren Clay Products Quarry, Gulf, NC. In P. E. Olsen, R. W. Schlische, & P. J. W. Gore (eds.), Tectonic, Depositional, and Paleoecological History of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins, Eastern North America. Gulf, North Carolina, USA to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. July 20–30, 1989. International Geological Congress Field Trip T-351 23-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 31694 | A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1990. Re-evaluation of "Typothorax" meadei, a Late Triassic aetosaur from the United States. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 64:317-328 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 47012 | C. F. Kammerer, J. Fröbisch, and K. D. Angielczyk. 2013. On the validity and phylogenetic position of Eubrachiosaurus browni, a kannemeyeriiform dicynodont (Anomodontia) from Triassic North America. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64203 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 14122 | ETE | 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] |
| 30875 | S. G. Lucas and A. P. Hunt. 1993. A dicynodont from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico and its biochronological significance. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3:321-325 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 14991 | ETE | P. E. Olsen and P. Huber. 1998. The oldest Late Triassic footprint assemblage from North America (Pekin Formation, Deep River basin, North Carolina, USA). Southeastern Geology 38(2):77-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |