MNA 214, north end of Ward Terrace (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V79713

Where: Coconino County, Arizona (36.1° N, 111.4° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 50.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Owl Rock Member (Chinle Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• upper part of Owl Rock Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Kirby. 1991. A vertebrate fauna from the Upper Triassic Owl Rock Member of the Chinle Formation in Northern Arizona, Northern Arizona University. 1-476 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84009: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.09.2008, edited by Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Pleuroceriidae
cf. Triasamnicola pilsbryi
cf. Triasamnicola pilsbryi Yen and Reeside 1946 snail
MNA N461, N8984, whole and partial shells
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Hyriidae
Antediplodon dockumensis
Antediplodon dockumensis Simpson 1986 clam
MNA N8924, two articulated individuals and five disarticulated valves
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
? Chinlea sp.1
? Chinlea sp.1 Schaeffer 1967 coelacanth
MNA V346, scale
Reptilia
 Diapsida -
Archosauromorpha indet.2
Archosauromorpha indet.2 Huene 1946 archosauromorph
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
"Pseudopalatus buceros" = Machaeroprosopus buceros2, "Pseudopalatus buceros" = Machaeroprosopus buceros2
"Pseudopalatus buceros" = Machaeroprosopus buceros2 Cope 1881 archosaur
MNA V3478, large skull. Possibly associated postcranial material, including MNA V7105-7111)
"Pseudopalatus buceros" = Machaeroprosopus buceros2 Cope 1881 archosaur
MNA V93, 291, 393-395, 397, 406, 1424, 1507, 1509, 5472, 5474-5475, 7113-7115, 7116-7120, 7122, 7124-7127, cranial and postcranial elements
 Pseudosuchia - Shuvosauridae
"cf. Chatterjeea sp." = Shuvosaurus1
"cf. Chatterjeea sp." = Shuvosaurus1 Chatterjee 1993 archosaur
MNA V6729, partial tibia. MNA V396, partial metatarsal. MNA V293, V6733, fragmentary vertebral centra
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Typothorax coccinarum
Typothorax coccinarum Cope 1875 aetosaur
MNA V400, lateral plate. MNA V6710, armor fragment
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposauridae indet.2, "cf. Buettneria sp." = Anaschisma2
Metoposauridae indet.2 Watson 1919 tetrapod
MNA V6716-6717, partial exoccipitals. MNA V6732, cervical centrum. MNA V292, 294, teeth
"cf. Buettneria sp." = Anaschisma2 Branson 1905 tetrapod
MNA V1508, three centra
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
cf. Semionotus sp.
cf. Semionotus sp. Agassiz 1832
MNA V369, 375, rare scales
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae
Redfieldiidae indet.
Redfieldiidae indet. Hutchinson 1973
MNA P1.367, P1.368, partially articulated jaws, skull bones and postcrania. Additional partially disarticulated remains
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarioxylon sp.
Araucarioxylon sp. Kraus 1870
MNA P993, petrified wood
1Kirby 1993; 2Spielmann et al. 2007