MOTTU site 0690, McCarty Ranch: Carnian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Poposaurus gracilis
Mehl 1915
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1 individual | |||||||||
TTUP-10419 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Crosby |
Coordinates: | 33.4° North, 101.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 1.1° North, 35.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Altitude: | 739 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 228.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Kalgary | ||
Database number: | 79374 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-03-05 07:00:59 | Last modified: | 2008-03-05 09:00:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-05 07:00:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26613. | ETE | J. C. Weinbaum and A. Hungerbühler. 2007. A revision of Poposaurus gracilis (Archosauria: Suchia) based on two new specimens from the Late Triassic of the southwestern U.S.A. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81(2):131-145 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |