Thunderstorm Ridge (PFV 456) (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as PEFO

Where: Arizona (35.0° N, 109.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° N, 48.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Blue Mesa Member (Chinle Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Upper part of the Blue Mesa Member, Chinle Formation (Late Triassic: Norian), 223.036 ± 0.059 Ma to 220.123 ± 0.068 Ma (approx. 221 Ma; Ramezani et al. 2014, Atchley et al. 2014)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. T. Kligman, A. D. Marsh, H.-D. Sues and C. A. Sidor. 2020. A new non-mammalian eucynodont from the Chinle Formation (Triassic: Norian), and implications for the early Mesozoic equatorial cynodont record. Biology Letters 16:20200631 [E. Dunne/E. Dunne/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215309: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Emma Dunne on 09.11.2020, edited by Bryan Gee and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Kataigidodon venetus n. gen. n. sp.
Kataigidodon venetus n. gen. n. sp. Kligman et al. 2020 cynodont
Holotype: PEFO 43755, anterior end of a right dentary, including I1 alveolus, C1, PC1 alveolus and PC2. Paratype: PEFO 43838, anterior end of a left dentary, including I1 alveolus, broken base of C1, PC1 alveolus and broken base of PC2.
Reptilia
 Diapsida - Trilophosauridae
? Trilophosauridae sp.3 Gregory 1945 archosauromorph
 Diapsida - Azendohsauridae
Azendohsauridae sp.3 Nesbitt et al. 2015 archosauromorph
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Acaenasuchus geoffreyi5 Long and Murry 1995 aetosaur
Referred specimens: PEFO 43699 (maxilla), 44448 (paramedian osteoderm), 44449 (osteoderm ring), 44450 (paramedian osteoderm), 44451 (lateral osteoderm), 44452 (paramedian osteoderm), 44453 (lateral osteoderm), 44454 (lateral osteoderm), 44455 (paramedian osteoderm), 44456 (lateral osteoderm), 44457 (frontal)
 Dinosauromorpha -
Dinosauromorpha indet.4 Benton 1985 ornithodiran
Referred specimen: PEFO 44476, right tibia
 Diapsida - Drepanosauridae
Skybalonyx skapter n. gen. n. sp.1
Skybalonyx skapter n. gen. n. sp.1 Jenkins et al. 2021 diapsid
Holotype: PEFO 43703, manual ungual; paratypes: PEFO 43704, 43705, 43706, 43707, 43708, 43709, 43710 (manual unguals)
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Funcusvermis gilmorei n. gen. n. sp.2
Funcusvermis gilmorei n. gen. n. sp.2 Kligman et al. 2023 tetrapod
PEFO 43891 - holotype