Upheaval Dome: Norian, Utah
collected by K. Kietzke
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Phytosauria indet.
Jaeger 1828
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1 element | |||||||||
| Tooth | ||||||||||
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Stagonolepis sp.
Agassiz 1844
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1 individual | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-26938, dorsal paramedian scute, tooth, 14 blocks with scattered vertebrae, ribs, and scutes | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° North, 109.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.1° North, 47.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic,gray,green,yellow sandy grainstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "0.7-m-thick, slightly sandy, very well-indurated pisolitic calcrete to calcarenite. The matrix is grayish yellow-green." | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: "Fluvial deposit that was subsequently subjected to pedogenic modification" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
| Collectors: | K. Kietzke |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92321 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-06 06:27:07 | Last modified: | 2012-04-09 16:43:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-06 06:27:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31127. | A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas, and J. D. Harris. 1999. An aetosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. National Park Service Paleontological Research 4:23-26 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |