NMMNH L-249, Lucero Uplift: Norian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Metoposauridae
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Metoposauridae indet.
Watson 1919
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3659, skull fragment. NMMNH P-17751, 17752, ten limb bone fragments. NMMNH P-17756, vertebra | ||||||||||
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Apachesaurus sp.
Hunt 1993
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3657, skull fragment | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3662, 17753, 17757, limb, rib and vertebral fragments | ||||||||||
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Archosauria indet.
(Cope 1869)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3661, 17745, 17756, 17763, cranial, vertebral and scute fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Parasuchidae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| MMNH P-3656, 17739, 17740, 17747, 17748, 17754, 17755, 18466, cranial and postcranial fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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cf. Stagonolepis sp.
Agassiz 1844
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-3658, 3663, 17749, 18467, plate fragments | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Cibola |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 107.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.3° North, 46.6° 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
| Geological group: | Chinle | Formation: | Bluewater Creek | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Bluewater Creek Formation (above McGaffey Member); also referred to as the Bluewater Creek member of the Chinle Formation. Adamanian LVF, previously considered late Carnian but radiometric dates suggest a Norian age for the Chinle | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | bentonitic,red silty mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Intraformational conglomerate and sandstone thatis sandwiched between slightly bentonitic, red, silty mudstones" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93576 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-25 11:25:16 | Last modified: | 2010-01-25 13:25:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-25 11:25:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31704. | A. B. Heckert. 1999. Upper Triassic tetrapods from the Lucero Uplift, central New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 50th Field Conference, Albuquerque 50:311-315 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |