NMMNH L-4211, Apache Canyon: Norian, New Mexico
collected by P. Sealey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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? Sphenosuchia indet.
()
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2 specimens | |||||||||
NMMNH P-36187, 37068, tooth and scute | ||||||||||
= Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Spielmann and Lucas 2012 | |||||||||
cf. Neoaetosauroides sp.
Bonaparte 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
NMMNH P-31100, 63426, 63427, three paramedian plates | ||||||||||
= Apachesuchus heckerti n. gen., n. sp.
Spielmann and Lucas 2012
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Spielmann and Lucas 2012 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Redondasaurus sp.
Hunt and Lucas 1993
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28 specimens | |||||||||
NMMNH P-31094, giant skull. NMMNH P-31095, smaller skull. NMMNH P-31096-31099, 31101, 31102, 31300-31303, 31588-31591, 36183-36186, 36188, 39298,39299, 39301-39305 | ||||||||||
= Redondasaurus gregorii
Hunt and Lucas 1993
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Spielmann and Lucas 2012 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Semionotidae
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Semionotidae indet.
Woodward 1890
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2 specimens | |||||||||
NMMNH P-31298, 31299, scales | ||||||||||
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: | 228.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
Secondary lithology: | bentonitic mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "infraformational conglomerate fining upward into a bentonitic mudstone" | |
Environment: | channel lag |
Geology comments: Small-scale channel draining into a lake |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | -single event |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | common |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Size sorting: | medium |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Bioerosion: | none |
Encrustation: | none |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
Collectors: | P. Sealey |
Metadata
Database number: | 93672 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-01-27 08:23:26 | Last modified: | 2016-11-10 08:17:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-27 08:23:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31762. | A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas, A. P. Hunt and J. D. Harris. 2001. A giant phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) skull from the Redondo Formation (Upper Triassic: Apachean) of east-central New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society, 52nd Field Conference, Geology of the Llano Estacado 52:169-176 [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] | |
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] |