Annie's Canyon (PF123): Norian, Arizona
collected by UCMP 1921, 1981

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Buettneria perfecta Case 1922
synonym of Anaschisma browni
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Leptosuchus sp. Case 1922
UCMP, humerus, postorbital, frontal and fragments
Reptilia
Stagonolepis wellesi (Long and Ballew 1985)
original and current combination Calyptosuchus wellesi
UCMP, paramedian scutes
Dipnomorpha - Arganodontidae
Arganodus sp. Martin 1979
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona County:Apache
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 109.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.6° North, 48.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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:Blue Mesa
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Described as Lower Petrified Forest Member by Long & Murry (1995); high in the Blue Mesa member according to Parker & Irmis (2005)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: "variegated siltstone bed"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:UCMP Collection dates:1921, 1981
Metadata
Database number:93115
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-05 02:29:46 Last modified:2021-10-29 10:27:34
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-05 02:29:46
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:

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]