base of Mesa Prieto (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as Abiquiu Reservoir

Where: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 106.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 45.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Petrified Forest Member (Chinle Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• "Middle of the Upper Petrified Forest Member, Chinle Formation" according to Berman & Reisz (1992); "lower Petrified Desert Member, 20 m above base of unit" according to Renesto et al. (2010:61). Revueltian LVF

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CM

Primary reference: D. S. Berman and R. R. Reisz. 1992. Dolabrosaurus aquatilis, a small lepidosauromorph reptile from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of north-central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):1001-1009 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75671: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.10.2007, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Diapsida - Drepanosauridae
Dolabrosaurus aquatilis n. gen. n. sp.
Dolabrosaurus aquatilis n. gen. n. sp. Berman and Reisz 1992 diapsid
CM 28589, partial postcranial skeleton