Ghost Ranch, southeast of quarry: Norian, New Mexico
collected 1986
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Coelophysidae
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Coelophysis sp.
Cope 1889
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Rio Arriba |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 106.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.5° North, 45.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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: | Petrified Forest |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1986 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58106 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-01-20 11:21:40 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 05:47:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-01-20 11:21:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15654. | ETE | E. H. Colbert. 1989. The Triassic dinosaur Coelophysis. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 57:1-174 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |