Rock Crossing, 4 miles north of Cameron (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as "Ward's Bonebed"

Where: Coconino County, Arizona (35.9° N, 111.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 49.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. Brown in 1930; reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: E. H. Colbert. 1947. Studies of the phytosaurs Machaeroprosopus and Rutiodon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88:53-96 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93549: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 22.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Leptosuchus sp. Case 1922 archosaur
AMNH 3001, vertebrae, dermal plates, foot bones.