MNA 1496, 5 km NE Many Farms: Norian, Arizona
collected by N. Mikeson, D. Gillette 1997, 1999
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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1 element | |||||||||
| Centrum | ||||||||||
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Desmatosuchus spurensis
Case 1920
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MNA V9300, partial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Phytosauridae indet.
Jaeger 1828
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2 elements | |||||||||
| replaced by Mystriosuchinae | ||||||||||
| Teeth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arizona | County: | Apache |
| Coordinates: | 36.4° North, 109.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.0° North, 47.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,gray,green mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Green-gray mudstone lens...finely laminated and contains numerus small mud rip-up clasts" | |
| Environment: | crevasse splay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | N. Mikeson, D. Gillette | Collection dates: | 1997, 1999 |
| Collection method comments: MNA: Museum of Northern Arizona | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 94497 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-23 07:06:26 | Last modified: | 2010-02-23 09:07:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-23 07:06:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |