Sonsela "Nicrosaurus": Norian, Arizona
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
|
||||||||||
|
Nicrosaurus sp.
Fraas 1866
|
1 specimen | |||||||||
| PEFO 31218, partial skull | ||||||||||
|
= Pseudopalatus sp.
Mehl 1928
|
Parker 2005 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arizona | County: | Navajo |
| Coordinates: | 34.8° North, 109.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.5° North, 48.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coarse channel fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93491 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-20 01:23:48 | Last modified: | 2010-01-20 03:29:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-20 01:23:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31636. | A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas, and A. B. Heckert. 2002. A Revueltian (Norian) phytosaur from the Sonsela Member of the Petrified Forest Formation (Chinle Group: Upper Triassic), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. In A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21:165-169 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 31632 | W. G. Parker. 2005. Faunal review of the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of Arizona. In R. D. McCord (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology of Arizona, Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 11:34-54 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |