Orphan Mesa Loc. 12: Norian, New Mexico
collected by R. Sullivan
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Reptilia
- Coelophysidae
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1 specimen |
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| SMP VP-487, dorsal vertebra |
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| Country: | United States |
State/province: | New Mexico |
County: | Rio Arriba |
| Coordinates: |
36.3° North, 106.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.2° North, 34.6° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Altitude: | 2005 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
| Period: | Triassic |
Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian |
10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian |
| Age range of interval: | 227.3 - 205.7 m.y. ago |
| Primary lithology: | conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
| Collectors: | R. Sullivan |
| Database number: | 54013 |
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano |
Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano |
Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-21 14:45:29 |
Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public |
Released: | 2005-09-21 14:45:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
| 14598. | ETE | R. M. Sullivan, S.G. Lucas, A. Heckert and A.P. Hunt. 1996. The type locality of Coelophysis, a Late Triassic dinosaur from north-central New Mexico (USA). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 70(1/2):245-255 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Alroy] |