Round Rock 5 (UCMP V6945) (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Apache County, Arizona (36.5° N, 109.6° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 47.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Most localities in the Round Rock area are from the Blue Mesa Member (Parker 2005)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by UCMP in 1938; reposited in the UCMP

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 93364: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 15.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
"Buettneria perfecta" = Anaschisma browni
"Buettneria perfecta" = Anaschisma browni Branson 1905 tetrapod
UCMP 83578, jaw fragment with teeth. UCMP 83580, skull elements
Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Leptosuchus sp., "Leptosuchus adamanensis" = Smilosuchus adamanensis
Leptosuchus sp. Case 1922 archosaur
UCMP 83574, left squamosal and fragmentary skull. UCMP 83476, large scutes
"Leptosuchus adamanensis" = Smilosuchus adamanensis Camp 1930 archosaur
UCMP 124957, left squamosal