NMMNH locality 2671: Norian, New Mexico
collected by Hunt, Lucas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Spielmann et al. 2006 1 specimen
NMMNH P-25788
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Spielmann et al. 2006 3 specimens
NMMNH P-17489, 25624, 25792, 43215
Reptilia - Rauisuchidae
Rauisuchidae indet. Huene 1942
Spielmann et al. 2006 1 specimen
NMMNH P-22495, tooth fragment
Reptilia
Redondavenator quayensis n. gen., n. sp. Nesbitt et al. 2005
1 individual
NMMNH P-25615 , anterior portion of skull , incomplete scapula and coracoid found in close association with the anterior portion of the skull.
Reptilia - Sphenosuchidae
Sphenosuchia indet. ()
Spielmann et al. 2006 1 specimen
NMMNH P-4741, jaw fragment
    = Sphenosuchidae indet. Huene 1922
Spielmann and Lucas 2012
Reptilia
Redondasuchus rineharti n. sp. Spielmann et al. 2006
Spielmann et al. 2006
NMMNH P-43312 (holotype), 25770, 43311, 50745, three plates and femur
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Parasuchidae indet. Lydekker 1885
Spielmann et al. 2006 23 specimens
NMMNH P-4733-4736, 4738, 4742, 22093, 25610, 25614, 25616-25619, 25620, 25625, 25626, 25631, 25642, 25665, 25775, 43211-43214, fragmentary cranial and postcranial specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:Quay
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 103.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.0° North, 43.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:228.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chinle Formation:Redonda Member:Red Peak
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "high in the Redonda Formation, just above a lacustrine shale that yields numerous semionotid fishes"; "Apachean Land-Vertebrate Faunachron, latest Triassic", upper Red Peak Member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: "These kinds of conglomerates have been interpreted as subaqueous debris-flow deposits that accumulated near the margins of small lakes in the Redonda depositional system"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMMNH
Collectors:Hunt, Lucas
Metadata
Also known as:Redondavenator holotype site
Database number:89969
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-06-22 07:03:23 Last modified:2012-12-14 15:43:32
Access level:the public Released:2009-06-22 07:03:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30126. S. J. Nesbitt, R. B. Irmis, S. G. Lucas and A. P. Hunt. 2005. A giant crocodylomorph from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 79:471-478 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

31715 N. M. M. Database. 2010. NMMNH collections database. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science [R. Butler/R. Butler]
31761 J. A. Spielmann, A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas and A. B. Heckert. 2006. Revision of Redondasuchus (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic Redonda Formation, New Mexico, with description of a new species. 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 37:583-587 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]
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]
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]