NMMNH L-149, Lamy: Norian, New Mexico
collected by P. Birchoff
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Metoposauridae
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Metoposaurus sp.
Lydekker 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3021, interclavicle | ||||||||||
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= Metoposauridae indet.
Watson 1919
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Hunt and Lucas 1993 | |||||||||
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= Buettneria perfecta
Case 1922
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Long and Murry 1995 | |||||||||
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= Metoposauridae indet.
Watson 1919
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Hunt and Lucas 1995 | |||||||||
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Metoposauridae indet.
Watson 1919
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Phytosauridae indet.
Jaeger 1828
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| replaced by Mystriosuchinae | ||||||||||
| NMMNH P-3022, 3028-3033, cranial and postcranial fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Postosuchus kirkpatricki
Chatterjee 1985
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3019, caudal centrum | ||||||||||
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= Rauisuchia indet.
Huene 1942
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Hunt and Lucas 1995 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Suchia | ||||||||||
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Rauisuchia indet.
(Huene 1942)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Suchia | ||||||||||
| NMMNH P-3018, proximal right femur | ||||||||||
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Stagonolepididae indet.
(Lydekker 1887)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3025, 3026, lateral and paramedian plate fragments | ||||||||||
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Desmatosuchus sp.
Case 1920
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3023, lateral spike. NMMNH P-3020, cervical vertebra | ||||||||||
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= Desmatosuchus haplocerus
Cope 1892
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Long and Murry 1995 | |||||||||
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= Desmatosuchus spurensis
Case 1920
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Parker 2008 | |||||||||
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cf. Calyptosuchus sp.
Long and Ballew 1985
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3016, partial lateral plate | ||||||||||
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= Stagonolepis wellesi
Long and Ballew 1985
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Long and Murry 1995 | |||||||||
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= cf. Stagonolepis wellesi
Long and Ballew 1985
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Hunt and Lucas 1995 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Calyptosuchus wellesi | ||||||||||
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Sphenosuchia indet.
()
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3014, 3015, vertebrae | ||||||||||
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= Parrishia mccreai
Long and Murry 1995
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Hunt and Lucas 1995 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Archosauria | ||||||||||
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Parrishia mccreai
Long and Murry 1995
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Long and Murry 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Archosauria | ||||||||||
| UNM, cervical and dorsal centra | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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| NMMNH P-3017 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Santa Fe |
| Coordinates: | 35.5° North, 105.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.6° North, 45.0° 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
| Geological group: | Chinle | Formation: | Santa Rosa | Member: | Los Esteros |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green,yellow muddy siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "grayish purple and pale yellowish-green muddy siltstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
| Collectors: | P. Birchoff |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93611 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Butler, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-26 05:19:29 | Last modified: | 2016-05-27 16:02:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-26 05:19:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31720. | A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1988. Late Triassic fauna from the Los Esteros Member of the Santa Rosa Formation, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and its biochronological implications. New Mexico Journal of Science 28(2):107-116 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 31721 | A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1995. Vertebrate paleontology and biochronology of the lower Chinle Group (Upper Triassic), Santa Fe County, north-central New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 46th Field Conference, Geology of the Santa Fe Region 243-246 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 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] |
| 32140 | W. G. Parker. 2008. Description of new material of the aetosaur Desmatosuchus spuriensis (Archosauria: Suchia) from the Chinle Formation of Arizona and a revision of the genus. PaleoBios 28:1-40 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |