NMMNH L-913: Norian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Hunt and Lucas 1993 1 specimen
NMMNH P-11005, coprolite
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposauridae indet. Watson 1919
1 specimen
NMMNH P-11001, cranial fragments
Reptilia
? Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
1 specimen
NMMNH P-11040, vertebra
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Phytosauridae indet. Jaeger 1828
1 specimen
replaced by Mystriosuchinae
NMMNH P-11009, 11014, 11019, 11021, teeth, vertebral and rib fragments
Reptilia
Stagonolepididae indet. (Lydekker 1887)
1 specimen
NMMNH P-11007, ? paramedian scute fragments
Longosuchus meadei (Sawin 1947)
1 specimen
NMMNH P-11005, plate fragment
    = Stagonolepididae indet.
Long and Murry 1995
    = Desmatosuchus haplocerus Cope 1892
Lucas et al. 2003
nomen dubium belonging to Aetosauria
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:Rio Arriba
Coordinates: 36.6° North, 106.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.8° North, 45.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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:Salitral
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Also known as the Salitral Member of the Chinle Group. The Chinle appears to be Norian in age based upon recent radiometric work.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMMNH
Metadata
Database number:93565
Authorizer:R. Butler, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Butler, M. Carrano
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-25 06:27:51 Last modified:2010-01-28 07:02:54
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-25 06:27:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31694. A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1990. Re-evaluation of "Typothorax" meadei, a Late Triassic aetosaur from the United States. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 64:317-328 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

31715 N. M. M. Database. 2010. NMMNH collections database. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science [R. Butler/R. Butler]
31825 A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Triassic vertebrate paleontology and biochronology of New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas & J. Zidek (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:49-60 [R. Butler/R. Butler/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]
27232ETE S. G. Lucas, K. E. Ziegler, A. B. Heckert and A. P. Hunt. 2003. Upper Triassic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy, Chama Basin, north-central New Mexico. In K. E. Ziegler, A. B. Heckert, & S. G. Lucas (eds.), Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Triassic (Revueltian) Snyder Quarry, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 24:15-39 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]