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
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Buettneria perfecta
Case 1922
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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
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Stagonolepis wellesi
(Long and Ballew 1985)
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Long and Murry 1995 | |||||||||
original and current combination Calyptosuchus wellesi | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Leptosuchus sp.
Case 1922
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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
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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
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] | |
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] |