Also known as Stanocephalosaurus holotype

Where: Coconino County, Arizona (35.0° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 38.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wupatki Member (Moenkopi Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• "basal part of Wupatki Member, lower Moenkopi Formation, 20 m above Kaibab Limestone" (Schoch & Milner 2000)

•Lucas & Schoch (2002: Lethaia 35: 97-106) inferred the Wupatki Member to be Spathian in age based upon lithostratigraphic correlation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by R. T. Bird, S. P. Welles in 9th 1932, January 1938; reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Other macrofossils, including plants, were found at the same site but not described

Primary reference: B. Brown. 1933. A new genus of Stegocephalia from the Triassic of Arizona. American Museum Novitates 640:1-4 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95077: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 06.04.2010

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