Battleship NW, UCMP V82261: Norian, Arizona
collected 1982-2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Metoposauridae
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Buettneria perfecta
Case 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Anaschisma browni | ||||||||||
| UCMP 126865, plate fragment | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Archosauria
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Prosauropoda indet.
Huene 1920
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP, proximal left femur | ||||||||||
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= Archosauria indet.
Cope 1869
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Nesbitt et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Archosauria indet.
Cope 1869
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Database 2005 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Leptosuchus sp.
Case 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 13007, scute | ||||||||||
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Leptosuchus adamanensis
(Camp 1930)
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Parker 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PEFO 34034, skull | ||||||||||
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= Protome batalaria n. gen., n. sp.
Stocker 2012
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Stocker 2012 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Paratypothorax sp.
Long and Ballew 1985
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 126960, paramedian plate fragment | ||||||||||
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Stagonolepis wellesi
(Long and Ballew 1985)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| PEFO 31217, partial carapace | ||||||||||
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= Scutarx deltatylus
Parker 2016
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Parker 2016 | |||||||||
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Desmatosuchus haplocerus
(Cope 1892)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Aetosauria | ||||||||||
| UCMP, lateral horn, caudal centrum | ||||||||||
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? Poposaurus gracilis
Mehl 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP, sacrum | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arizona | County: | Apache |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 109.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.5° North, 48.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | Other zone: | Adamanian |
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic sandy mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "cross stratification" poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "sandy mudstone facies...just lateral to a cross-bedded sandstone...Small extraformational clasts and petrified roots are common here." | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: "a proximal floodplain facies that has been pedogenically modified." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | Collection dates: | 1982-2005 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | PFV 169, PEFO 85075 | ||
| Database number: | 52501 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-09 12:41:29 | Last modified: | 2021-10-29 10:23:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-09 12:41:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14122. | ETE | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 13103 | U.C.M.P. Database. 2005. UCMP collections database. University of California Museum of Paleontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 13905 | ETE | A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas, A. B. Heckert, R. M. Sullivan, and M. G. Lockley. 1998. Late Triassic dinosaurs from the western United States. Géobios 31(4):511-531 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
| 78440 | K. M. Loughney, D. E. Fastovsky, and W. G. Parker. 2011. Vertebrate fossil preservation in blue paleosols from the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, with implications for vertebrate biostratigraphy in the Chinle Formation. Palaios 26(11):700-718 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 24249 | ETE | S. J. Nesbitt, R. B. Irmis, and W. G. Parker. 2007. A critical re-evaluation of the Late Triassic dinosaur taxa of North America. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5(2):209-243 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 15512 | ETE | W. Parker and R. B. Irmis. 2005. Advances in Late Triassic vertebrate paleontology based on new material from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Vertebrate Paleontology in Arizona, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 29:45-58 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
| 16671 | ETE | W. G. Parker. 2002. Correlation of locality numbers for vertebrate fossil sites in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. A. B. Heckert & S. G. Lucas (eds.), Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21:37-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 16668 | ETE | W. G. Parker. 2005. Petrified Forest National Park: a roadlog. S. J. Nesbitt, W. G. Parker, & R. B. Irmis (eds.), Guidebook to the Triassic Formations of the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona: Geology, Paleontology, and History. Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 9:33-50 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 60800 | W. G. Parker. 2016. Osteology of the Late Triassic aetosaur Scutarx deltatylus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). PeerJ 4:e2411 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 42466 | M. R. Stocker. 2012. A new phytosaur (Archosauriformes, Phytosauria) from the Lot's Wife beds (Sonsela Member) within the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic) of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):573-586 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |