Thoreau area: Norian, New Mexico
collected by Camp

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Phytosauridae indet. Jaeger 1828
replaced by Mystriosuchinae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:McKinley
Coordinates: 35.4° North, 108.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.8° North, 46.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chinle Member:Petrified Forest/Owl Rock
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Either the Painted Desert Member of the Petrified Forest Formation or the Owl Rock Formation (= Petrified Forest and Owl Rock members of Chinle Fm). Therefore equivalent to Petrified Forest/Owl Rock Members of the Chinle Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Camp
Metadata
Database number:93690
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-28 04:52:28 Last modified:2022-03-07 05:45:44
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-28 04:52:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31825. A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Triassic vertebrate paleontology and biochronology of New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas & J. Zidek (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:49-60 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]