Canon del Cobre: Late/Upper Triassic, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum newberryi Ward 1900
Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828
Araucarioxylon arizonicum Knowlton 1888
Bennettitales
Zamites occidentalis Newberry 1859
Otozamites powelli
Otozamites macombii Newberry 1859
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]