Ward's Bonebed general area (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Coconino County, Arizona (35.9° N, 111.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 49.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH, UCMP, USNM

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93541: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 22.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
"Leptosuchus adamanensis" = Smilosuchus adamanensis
"Leptosuchus adamanensis" = Smilosuchus adamanensis Camp 1930 archosaur
UCMP 26688, squamosal
 Loricata - Rauisuchidae
Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee 1985 rauisuchid
UCMP 36718, partial pelvis and dorsal vertebrae
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
"Stagonolepis wellesi" = Calyptosuchus wellesi
"Stagonolepis wellesi" = Calyptosuchus wellesi Long and Ballew 1985 aetosaur
USNM, scutes and vertebrae. UCMP, plate fragments. AMNH 3004, paramedian plates
 Pseudosuchia -
"Desmatosuchus haplocerus" = Episcoposaurus haplocerus
"Desmatosuchus haplocerus" = Episcoposaurus haplocerus Cope 1892 aetosaur
AMNH 3060, tibia and fibula. AMNH 19344, lateral horns and paramedian plate. CM 9042, paramedian plate. UA, pectoral spike
Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Stahleckeriidae
Placerias hesternus Lucas 1904 dicynodont
UCMP V3309, squamosal. UCMP V4121, scapula
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Apachesaurus gregorii, "Buettneria perfecta" = Anaschisma browni
Apachesaurus gregorii Hunt 1993 tetrapod
UCMP, seven centra
"Buettneria perfecta" = Anaschisma browni Branson 1905 tetrapod
USNM 2362, skull and mandible fragments. MNA, skull and interclavicle. UCMP 60291, complete skull. UCMP 27067, centrum. CM 9030, skull