Where: Apache County, Arizona (35.1° N, 109.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 48.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Petrified Forest Member (Chinle Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Located just above the top of the Black Forest Bed; dates from a sample at the top of the BFB from Rasmussen et al. (2020).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. G. Parker. 2006. The stratigraphic distribution of major fossil localities in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. In W. G. Parker, S. R. Ash & R. B. Irmis (eds.), A Century of Research at Petrified Forest National Park, 1906-2006: Geology and Paleontology. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 62:47-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 218116: authorized by Bryan Gee, entered by Bryan Gee on 18.02.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Typothorax coccinarum Cope 1875 aetosaur |