Apache Canyon tracksite (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Quay County, New Mexico (34.9° N, 103.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 43.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Redonda Formation (Chinle Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Apachean

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Reposited in the NMMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. T. Gregory. 1972. Vertebrate faunas of the Dockum Group, Triassic, eastern New Mexico and west Texas. In V. C. Kelly & F. D. Trauger (ed.), New Mexico Geological Society, 23rd Field Conference, East Central New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 23:120-123 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 83959: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Rhynchosauroides sp.2 Maidwell 1911 squamates
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Brachychirotherium sp.1 Beurlen 1950 archosaur
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Grallator cursorius2 Hitchcock 1858 theropod
 Saurischia - Otozoidae
Evazoum sirigui2 Nicosia and Loi 2003 prosauropod