General Blue Forest Area (UCMP 7038): Norian, Arizona
collected by Mexia, UCMP, NPS 1919, 1921, 1923, 1964, 1980

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Buettneria perfecta Case 1922
Long and Murry 1995 4 individuals
synonym of Anaschisma browni
UCMP 26708, 26707, 26695, 28715, parts of four skulls and large number of pectoral fragments
Reptilia
Stagonolepis wellesi (Long and Ballew 1985)
Long and Murry 1995
original and current combination Calyptosuchus wellesi
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Leptosuchus sp. Case 1922
Long and Murry 1995 4 specimens
UCMP 26717, postcrania. UCMP 26718, left femur. UCMP 26697, sacrals, ischium, rib. UCMP 26706, lower jaw
Machaeroprosopus adamanensis n. sp. Camp 1930
1 individual
recombined as Smilosuchus adamanensis
UCMP 26699, skull, lower jaw, and much of postcranium
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:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:228.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chinle Member:Blue Mesa
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: orig. listed as lower part of Petrified Forest Mb.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:Mexia, UCMP, NPS Collection dates:1919, 1921, 1923, 1964, 1980s
Metadata
Database number:93123
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-05 05:05:58 Last modified:2021-10-29 10:26:38
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-05 05:05:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

35767. C. L. Camp. 1930. A study of the phytosaurs with description of new material from western North America. University of California Memoirs 10:1-174 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

64865 D. D. Gillette, S. R. Ash, and R. A. Long. 1986. Paleontology of the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. In J. D. Nations, C. M. Conway, & G. A. Swann (eds.), Geology of Central and Northern Arizona. Field Trip Guidebook for Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting 58-69 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14122ETE 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]