Apache Canyon, NMMNH L-485: Norian, New Mexico
collected by J. Gregory; A. Hunt & S. Lucas 1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Perleidiformes
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Perleidiformes indet.
Berg 1937
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Hunt and Lucas 1993 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Semionotidae
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Semionotidae indet.
Woodward 1890
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Palaeonisciformes
- Redfieldiidae
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Redfieldiidae indet.
Hutchinson 1973
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Murry 1989 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Metoposauridae
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Metoposauridae indet.
Watson 1919
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Spielmann et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Apachesaurus sp.
Hunt 1993
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Spielmann et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Anaschisma sp.
Branson 1905
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= Apachesaurus sp.
Hunt 1993
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Hunt and Lucas 1993 | |||||||||
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= Apachesaurus gregorii
Hunt 1993
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Long and Murry 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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Spielmann et al. 2006 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
| NMMNH P-39291, 39294, 17070, 25668, 17059, 17058, 17057, 17056, 7115, 40504, 17071 | ||||||||||
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Postosuchus kirkpatricki
Chatterjee 1985
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Murry 1989 | |||||||||
| UCMP V6148/65266, neural spine | ||||||||||
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= Rauisuchia indet.
Huene 1942
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Hunt and Lucas 1993 | |||||||||
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= Rauisuchidae indet.
Huene 1942
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Spielmann et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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= Archosauria indet.
Cope 1869
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Spielmann and Lucas 2012 | |||||||||
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Archosauria
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? Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Spielmann et al. 2006 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| NMMNH P-7113, 7114, 25672, proximal limb fragment, tooth fragments, ungual | ||||||||||
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= ? Archosauria indet.
Cope 1869
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Nesbitt and Stocker 2008 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Phytosauridae indet.
Jaeger 1828
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= Rutiodon informal sp. B
Emmons 1856
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Murry 1989 | |||||||||
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= Redondasaurus gregorii
Hunt and Lucas 1993
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Spielmann and Lucas 2012 | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-4983, adult male skull; NMMNH P-22314, neural spine, scapula and coracoid fragments. UCMP 65256, rib; UCMP 65257, vertebrae; UCMP 65259, osteoderm; UCMP 65260, humerus; UCMP 65261, humerus; UCMP 65264, gastralia; UCMP 65265, dentary; UCMP 65266, neural arch of vertebra; UCMP 65267, ilium; UCMP 65298, gastralia; UCMP 65299, gastralia; UCMP 65300, gastralia; UCMP 65301, rib; UCMP 65302, dorsal osteoderms; UCMP 65303, dorsal osteoderms; UCMP 65305, articular; UCMP 65309, cervical osteoderm; UCMP 65311, phalanx; UCMP 65320, osteoderms; UCMP 65321, osteoderms; UCMP 65322, osteoderms; UCMP 65323, osteoderms; UCMP 65324, teeth; UCMP 65325, teeth; UCMP 65326, teeth; UCMP 65327, teeth; UCMP 65413, osteoderms; UCMP 65421, osteoderms; UCMP 65524, vertebra; UCMP 65525, osteoderms; UCMP 65527, metapodial; UCMP 65528, osteoderms; UCMP 65534, teeth; UCMP 65535, teeth; UCMP 65536, teeth; UCMP 65537, teeth; UCMP 65538, teeth; UCMP 65539, osteoderms; UCMP 65541, osteoderm; UCMP 65542, caudal vertebra; UCMP 65543, phalanx. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Stagonolepididae indet.
(Lydekker 1887)
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Spielmann et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Typothorax sp.
Cope 1875
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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= Typothorax coccinarum
Cope 1875
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Murry 1989 | |||||||||
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= Redondasuchus reseri n. gen., n. sp.
Hunt and Lucas 1991
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Hunt and Lucas 1991 | |||||||||
| UCMP 64515 (holotype), paramedian plate. YPM 4257, YPM 55715-55720, 55723, 55724, UCMP 65314, 65331, 65258, NMMNH 17064, 7103, 25003, 39290, 37456, 37457, plates | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Sphenosuchidae
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Hesperosuchus sp.
Colbert 1952
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Murry 1989 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| NMMNH P-7016, 4756, 17061, centra and scutes | ||||||||||
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= cf. Dibothrosuchus sp.
Simmons 1965
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Hunt and Lucas 1993 | |||||||||
| "Dibrothrosuchus-like" | ||||||||||
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= ? Sphenosuchia indet.
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Long and Murry 1995 | |||||||||
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= Sphenosuchia indet.
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Spielmann et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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= Sphenosuchidae indet.
Huene 1922
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Spielmann and Lucas 2012 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Vancleavea campi
Long and Murry 1995
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Nesbitt et al. 2009 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
| NMMNH P-36150, YPM 4265, 4268, 4270-4276, uncatalogued, osteoderms | ||||||||||
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Trirachodontidae
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? Trilophosauridae indet.
Gregory 1945
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Murry 1989 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| YPM 4225, 4227, 4230, teeth | ||||||||||
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= Trirachodontidae indet.
Romer 1967
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Lucas et al. 1999 | |||||||||
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= Redondagnathus hunti n. gen., n. sp.
Spielmann and Lucas 2012
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Spielmann and Lucas 2012 | |||||||||
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Coelacanthimorpha
- Coelacanthiformes
- Coelacanthidae
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Coelacanthidae indet.
Agassiz 1843
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Spielmann et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Dipnomorpha
- Arganodontidae
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Dipnoi indet.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Ceratodus sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Murry 1989 | |||||||||
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= Arganodus sp.
Martin 1979
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Hunt and Lucas 1993 | |||||||||
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= Ceratodus dorotheae
Case 1921
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Spielmann and Lucas 2012 | |||||||||
| recombined as Arganodus dorotheae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Quay |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 103.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.8° North, 43.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chinle | Formation: | Redonda | Member: | Duke Ranch |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Apachean LVF. Upper part of the formatiom | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly argillaceous conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a clay-pebble conglomerate" | |
| Environment: | crevasse splay |
| Geology comments: "an unchannelized flow (flood deposit)" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection | ||
| Rock censused: | 2000 kg | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH | ||
| Collectors: | J. Gregory; A. Hunt & S. Lucas | Collection dates: | 1990 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gregory's Quarry 2, UCMP 6148, YPM 6649 | ||
| Database number: | 83738 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-08-28 14:19:33 | Last modified: | 2021-09-28 21:19:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-28 14:19:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 78209. | J. T. Gregory. 1972. Vertebrate faunas of the Dockum Group, Triassic, eastern New Mexico and west Texas. In V. C. Kelly & F. D. Trauger (ed.), New Mexico Geological Society, 23rd Field Conference, East Central New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 23:120-123 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 31732 | A. B. Heckert, A. P. Hunt, and S. G. Lucas. 1996. Redescription of Redondasuchus reseri, a Late Triassic aetosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from New Mexico (USA), and the biochronology and phylogeny of aetosaurs. Geobios 29(5):619-632 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 31731 | A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1991. A new aetosaur from the Redonda Formation (Late Triassic: middle Norian) of east central New Mexico, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Paläontologie und Geologie 1991:728-736 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 28078 | ETE | A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Late Triassic microvertebrate localities in New Mexico (USA): implications for paleoecology. In S. G. Lucas and M. Morales (eds.), The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3:187-191 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14122 | ETE | R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner] |
| 31733 | S. G. Lucas, J. W. Estep, A. B. Heckert and A. P. Hunt. 1999. Cynodont teeth from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Paläontologie und Geologie, Monatshefte 1999(6):331-344 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 12932 | ETE | P. A. Murry. 1989. Geology and paleontology of the Dockum Formation (Upper Triassic), west Texas and eastern New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas and A. P. Hunt (eds.), Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque 102-144 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 29943 | ETE | S. J. Nesbitt and M. R. Stocker. 2008. The vertebrate assemblage of the Late Triassic Canjilon Quarry (northern New Mexico, USA), and the importance of apomorphy-based assemblage comparisons. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1063-1072 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 31327 | S. J. Nesbitt, M. R. Stocker, B. J. Small and A. Downs. 2009. The osteology and relationships of Vancleavea campi (Reptilia: Archosauriformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157:814-864 [R. Butler/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] |