NMMNH L-2741, Apache Canyon: Norian, New Mexico
collected by A. P. Hunt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Metoposauridae
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Apachesaurus gregorii
Hunt 1993
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-22486, 22487, vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Rauisuchidae indet.
Huene 1942
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-25607, maxilla fragment | ||||||||||
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= Archosauria indet.
Cope 1869
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Spielmann and Lucas 2012 | |||||||||
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Archosauria
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? Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-22494, proximal ischium, centra | ||||||||||
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= ? Archosauria indet.
Cope 1869
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Nesbitt and Stocker 2008 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Parasuchidae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-22490, 22493, 25601, 25606, rib, vertebral and scute fragments | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Quay |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 103.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.9° North, 43.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chinle | Formation: | Redonda | Member: | Wallace Ranch |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of Redonda Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | lacustrine - large |
| Geology comments: "The depositional system of the Redonda Formation is a series of lakes extending over a large area" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
| Collectors: | A. P. Hunt |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93671 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-27 08:05:39 | Last modified: | 2016-11-10 07:57:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-27 08:05:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31760. | J. A. Spielmann, S. G. Lucas, and A. P. Hunt. 2006. The vertebrate macrofauna of the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Redonda Formation, east-central New Mexico. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, & J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:502-509 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 31715 | N. M. M. Database. 2010. NMMNH collections database. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 29943 | ETE | S. J. Nesbitt and M. R. Stocker. 2008. The vertebrate assemblage of the Late Triassic Canjilon Quarry (northern New Mexico, USA), and the importance of apomorphy-based assemblage comparisons. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1063-1072 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 60778 | J. A. Spielmann and S. G. Lucas. 2012. Tetrapod fauna of the Upper Triassic Redonda formation, East-Central New Mexico: the characteristic assemblage of the Apachean land-vertebrate faunachron. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 55:1-119 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |