Three Witches E (PFV 39): Norian, Arizona
collected by UCMP 1985

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Pseudopalatus ? pristinus Mehl 1928
1 individual
UCMP, small skull
Reptilia
Paratypothorax sp. Long and Ballew 1985
1 specimen
UCMP, paramedian plate
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona County:Apache
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 109.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.7° North, 48.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:Petrified Forest
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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).
"lower conglomeratic sandstone between maroon and "goblin sandstone" about 9 m below "goblin sandstone"
Low in the Petrified Forest Member, below Painted Desert Sandstone 1
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:UCMP Collection dates:1985
Metadata
Also known as:PF39, Hell Wash
Database number:93462
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-19 05:03:46 Last modified:2010-01-19 10:34:09
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-19 05:03:46
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:

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]