Also known as Saladito Creek
Where: Quay County, New Mexico (35.0° N, 103.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 43.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Redonda Formation (Chinle Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• upper part of formation, two layers
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, green siltstone and gray, red claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. Gregory, P. A. Murry
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
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 84272: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.10.2008, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
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Reptilia | |
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"Redondasaurus sp." = Machaeroprosopus1
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Osteichthyes | |
Redfieldiidae indet.2 Hutchinson 1973
cf. Lasalichthys sp.3 Schaeffer 1967 | |
Actinopteri | |
Colobodontidae indet.3 Stensiƶ 1916 | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel |