Biberon Canyon, Canjilon Creek: Norian, New Mexico
collected by L. Price & T. White 1934-1935
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Archosauriformes indet.
Gauthier 1986
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MCZ 3036 | ||||||||||
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Typothorax sp.
Cope 1875
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| MCZ 1487, 1488 | ||||||||||
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Coelophysoidea indet.
Holtz 1994
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| MCZ 4779, 3038, 3039 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Temnospondyli indet.
von Zittel 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MCZ 3037 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Rio Arriba |
| Coordinates: | 36.4° North, 106.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.6° North, 45.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chinle | Member: | Petrified Forest |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green "siliciclastic" |
| Secondary lithology: | red,blue claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: from "light green layer just below purple clay", matrix gray | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MCZ | ||
| Collectors: | L. Price & T. White | Collection dates: | 1934-1935 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Biberon Cañon | ||
| Database number: | 89256 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-05-12 14:12:06 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 05:47:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-05-12 14:12:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29943. | ETE | S. J. Nesbitt and M. R. Stocker. 2008. The vertebrate assemblage of the Late Triassic Canjilon Quarry (northern New Mexico, USA), and the importance of apomorphy-based assemblage comparisons. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1063-1072 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |