St. Michaels South, MNA 227 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Apache County, Arizona (35.6° N, 109.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 47.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "Probably from the Blue Mesa Member of the Chinle Formation; however it is possible that they derive from a lower member such as the Mesa Redondo" (Parker 2005)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by MNA in 1957

• MNA: Museum of Northern Arizona

Primary reference: R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93353: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 15.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Desmatosuchus sp. Case 1920 aetosaur
MNA Pl. 683, 686, 687, 700, 701, pectoral spikes and plates