List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dinosauriformes indet.
Novas 1992
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| DMNH EPV.63875 (R tibia) | ||||||||||
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Kwanasaurus williamparkeri
Martz and Small 2019
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| DMNH EPV.125921 (L maxilla); DMNH EPV.125923 (R maxilla); DMNH EPV.65878 (L dentary); DMNH EPV.125922 (tooth); DMNH EPV.63874 (L femur); DMNH EPV.125924 (R femur) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 39.9° North, 106.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.8° North, 45.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chinle | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "The tetrapod assemblage is regarded as middle–late Norian in age (Revueltian land vertebrate faunachron)" - Pardo et al. (2017)
From the informally named "red siltstone member" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red lithified siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Indurated red siltstone" | |
| Environment: | coarse channel fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | DMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 206270 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-11-06 11:17:06 | Last modified: | 2019-11-06 11:21:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-11-06 11:17:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70805. | J. W. Martz and B. J. Small. 2019. Non-dinosaurian dinosauromorphs from the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic) of the Eagle Basin, northern Colorado: Dromomeron romeri (Lagerpetidae) and a new taxon, Kwanasaurus williamparkeri (Silesauridae). PeerJ 7:e7551:1-71 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |