Fort Wingate: Norian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Brodispora striata
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Granomonocolpites lusisai
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Patinasporites densus
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Minutosporites schizeatus
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Granosaccus sulcatus
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Wingatea plumosa
Daugherty 1969
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Polypodiopsida
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Cladophlebis daughertyi
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Polypodiopsida
- Gleicheniales
- Matoniaceae
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Dictyophyllidites harrissii
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Phlebopteris smithii
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Polypodiopsida
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Verrucosisporites tumulosus
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Verrucosisporites sp.
Potonie and Kremp 1954
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Polypodiopsida
- Polypodiaceae
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Clathropteris walkerii
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Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Equisetaceae
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Schizoneura harrisii
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Equisetites sp.
Sternberg 1833
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Polypodiopsida
- Osmundaceae
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Todites fragilis
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unclassified
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Cynepteris lasiophora
Ash 1969
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Marcouia neuropteroides
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Klausipollenites sp.
Jansonius 1962
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Bennettitales
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Zamites powellii
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Bennettitales
- Williamsoniaceae
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Lyssoxylon grigsbyi
Daugherty 1941
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Bennettitales
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Nilssoniopteris cinizia
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Williamsonia nizhonii
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Coniferales
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Dechellyia gormanii
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Coniferales
- Podocarpaceae
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Platysaccus sp.
Naumova 1954
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Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Pityosporites chinleana
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Ginkgoopsida
- Caytoniales
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Vitreisporites pallidus
Nilsson 1958
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Ginkgoopsida
- Ephedrales
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Equisetosporites cheinleana
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Ginkgoopsida
- Ginkgoales
- Ginkgoaceae
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Baiera sp.
Braun 1843
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unclassified
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Cycadopites weillandii
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Cycadopites fragilis
Singh 1964
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Cordaitales
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Pelourdea poleoensis
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Araucarioxylon arizonicum
Knowlton 1888
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Pagiophyllum readiana
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Pagiophyllum zuniana
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Pagiophyllum duttonia
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Pagiophyllum navajoensis
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Lycopodiopsida
- Lycopodiales
- Lycopodiaceae
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Reticulatisporites jenensis
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unclassified
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Dinophyton spinosus
Ash 1970
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Enzonalasporites vigens
Leschik 1955
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Alisporites opii
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Alisporites gottesfeldi
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.6° North, 47.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
| *International age/stage: | Middle Carnian - Early/Lower Norian | ||
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chinle | Member: | Monitor Butte/Petrified Forest | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: This flora is stratigraphically below the large flora described from Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Chinle is 1200ft think in Zuni Mts. Monitor Butte and Petrified Forest members are middle two members. Lower Petrified Forest (Sonsela Sandstone Bed) and upper Monitor Butte (Ciniza Lake Beds) are the most fossiliferous. Strata formed from northwest flowing streams from Mogollon highlands. | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,adpression,replaced with siderite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Zuni Mountains Chinle Formation Monitor Butte Member Petrified Forest Member Sonsela Sandstone | ||
| Database number: | 23968 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Rees | Enterer: | D. Sunderlin |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2002-07-24 12:44:25 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 05:46:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-07-24 12:44:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6786. | PGAP | S. Ash. 1989. The Upper Triassic Chinle Flora of the Zuni Mountains, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 40th Field Conference, Southeastern Colorado Plateau 225-230 [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/D. Sunderlin] |