Where: Coconino County, Arizona (35.9° N, 111.4° W: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 47.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shinarump Member (Chinle Formation), Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Also referred to as the Shinarump Formation of the Chinle Formation; specimens are among the oldest Chinle vertebrates.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: MNA: Museum of Northern Arizona
Primary reference: A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas, and J. W. Estep. 2002. Lower Chinle Group (Upper Triassic: Upper Carnian) tetrapods from the vicinity of Cameron, Arizona. In A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21:73-76 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93568: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 25.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Parasuchia indet." = Phytosauria
"Parasuchia indet." = Phytosauria Jaeger 1828 phytosaur MNA pl. 778, "blade tooth". MNA Pl. 1348, dorsal vertebra. MNA Pl. 702, proximal humerus
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