Leaksville (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Rockingham County, North Carolina (36.5° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 23.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; black shale

• "black slate"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. Emmons

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: E. Emmons. 1856. Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina xx-351 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 202498: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Phytosauria -
"Clepsisaurus leai n. sp." = Clepsysaurus leai
"Clepsisaurus leai n. sp." = Clepsysaurus leai Emmons 1856 archosaur
USNM 535450