Flattops tracksite (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as Petrified Forest

Where: Apache County, Arizona (34.8° N, 109.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 48.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• in the Agate Bridge bed; "Revueltian"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 2006. Late Triassic tetrapod tracks from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:221-225 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84186: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.09.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911 squamates