Karen's Point (UCMP V82240, PFV 75): Norian, Arizona
collected by UCMP 1982, 1983, 1985

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Typothorax coccinarum Cope 1875
23 specimens
UCMP 126806, 126808, 126809, 126858, 126867, 126905, 126907, 126911, 126912, 126915-126927, paramedian and lateral plates
Paratypothorax sp. Long and Ballew 1985
1 specimen
UCMP 129832, paramedian plate fragment
Desmatosuchus chamaensis Zeigler et al. 2002
Parker and Irmis 2005 3 specimens
PEFO 31162, caudal paramedian plate. PEFO 34040, lateral plate. UCMP 129829, paramedian plate
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Pseudopalatinae indet. Long and Murry 1995
4 specimens
UCMP 126993, 126987, squamosals. UCMP 129839, femur. UCMP 126748, maxilla
Reptilia
Dinosauriformes indet. Novas 1992
Loughney et al. 2011
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Apachesaurus gregorii Hunt 1993
2 specimens
CFMNH, skull and lower jaws with centra. UCMP 129830, plate fragments
Dipnomorpha - Arganodontidae
Arganodus sp. Martin 1979
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona County:Apache
Coordinates: 34.8° North, 109.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.5° North, 48.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Norian
Age range of interval: 227 - 208.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chinle Member:Sonsela
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Petrified Forest Formation"; now known as the Petrified Forest Member (Woody 2003) or the Painted Desert Member of the Petrified Forest Formation (Heckert & Lucas 2002).
"On flats below Flattops Sandstone 1 up to and including conglomeratic bed"
- Now listed as Sonsela Member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:UCMP Collection dates:1982, 1983, 1985
Metadata
Also known as:PF75
Database number:93443
Authorizer:R. Butler, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Butler, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-19 02:34:48 Last modified:2021-10-29 10:20:53
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-19 02:34:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

78440 K. M. Loughney, D. E. Fastovsky, and W. G. Parker. 2011. Vertebrate fossil preservation in blue paleosols from the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, with implications for vertebrate biostratigraphy in the Chinle Formation. Palaios 26(11):700-718 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
15512ETE W. Parker and R. B. Irmis. 2005. Advances in Late Triassic vertebrate paleontology based on new material from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Vertebrate Paleontology in Arizona, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 29:45-58 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]
32136 W. G. Parker. 2007. Reassessment of the Aetosaur "Desmatosuchus" chamaensis with a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the Aetosauria (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5:41-67 [R. Butler/R. Butler]