NMMNH L-404, Garita Creek: Norian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Phytosauridae indet.
Jaeger 1828
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Database 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NMMNH P-3678, cervical vertebra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Stagonolepididae indet.
(Lydekker 1887)
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Database 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NMMNH P-17583, plate fragment | ||||||||||
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Typothorax coccinarum
Cope 1875
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Long and Murry 1995 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| NMMNH P-3679, 17579, fragments of paramedian and lateral plates | ||||||||||
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= Typothorax antiquum
Lucas et al. 2002
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Lucas et al. 2002 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Miguel |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 104.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.3° North, 43.9° 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: | Garita Creek | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Considered to be late Carnian (Adamanian) in age by the authors; however, recent radiometric dating suggests a Norian age for most or all of the Chinle. The Garita Creek Formation was formerly referred to as the "lower shale member of the Chinle Formation" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93583 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-25 12:42:04 | Last modified: | 2010-01-26 06:46:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-25 12:42:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31705. | S. G. Lucas, A. B. Heckert, and A. P. Hunt. 2002. A new species of the aetosaur Typothorax (Archosauria: Stagonolepididae) from the Upper Triassic of east-central New Mexico. In A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21:221-233 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 31715 | N. M. M. Database. 2010. NMMNH collections database. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 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] |