Canon del Cobre: Late/Upper Triassic, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Pagiophyllum newberryi
Ward 1900
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Brachyphyllum sp.
Brongniart 1828
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Araucarioxylon arizonicum
Knowlton 1888
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Bennettitales
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Zamites occidentalis
Newberry 1859
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Otozamites powelli
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Otozamites macombii
Newberry 1859
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico |
Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 106.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 11.0° North, 45.1° West |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
*Period: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 201.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Chinle | Member: | Agua Zarca Sandstone |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | yellow conglomeratic sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 24604 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Rees | Enterer: | D. Sunderlin |
Modifier: | D. Sunderlin | Research group: | paleobotany |
Created: | 2002-08-11 14:59:09 | Last modified: | 2002-08-11 17:59:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-11 14:59:09 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6921. | PGAP | S. R. Ash. 1974. Upper Triassic plants of Canon del Cobre, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 25th Field Conference, Ghost Ranch (Central-Northern N.M.) 179-184 [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/D. Sunderlin] |