Arroyo Seco drainage, Orphan Mesa: Norian, New Mexico
collected by D. Baldwin 1881
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Belodon buceros n. sp.
Cope 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Machaeroprosopus buceros | ||||||||||
| AMNH 2318, partial skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Rio Arriba |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 106.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.5° North, 45.3° 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: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chinle | Member: | Petrified Forest | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Also referred to as the Petrified Forest Formation of the Chinle Group (Painted Desert Member) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | D. Baldwin | Collection dates: | June 1881 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93620 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2010-01-26 07:30:53 | Last modified: | 2022-01-14 12:50:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-26 07:30:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17700. | ETE | E. D. Cope. 1881. Belodon in New Mexico. American Naturalist 15:922-923 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 31961 | A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas, R. M. Sullivan, A. P. Hunt, and J. A. Spielmann. 2005. The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Triassic (Revueltian: early-mid Norian) Painted Desert Member (Petrified Forest Formation: Chinle Group) in the Chama Basin, northern New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas, K. E. Ziegler, V. W. Lueth, & D. E. Owen (eds.), New Mexico Geological Society, 56th Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin 56:302-318 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] | |
| 16923 | ETE | F. v. Huene. 1926. Notes on the age of the continental Triassic beds in North America with remarks on some fossil vertebrates. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 69(18):1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 31730 | S. G. Lucas, A. B. Heckert, K. E. Zeigler and A. P. Hunt. 2002. The type locality of Belodon buceros Cope, 1881, a phytosaur (Archosauria: Parasuchidae) from the Upper Triassic of north-central New Mexico. In A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21 21:189-192 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |