NMMNH Locality 5193: Anisian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Eocyclotosaurus appetolatus n. sp.
Rinehart et al. 2015
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| NMMNH P-64166 (holotype), nearly complete skull; NMMNH P-43126 (paratype), snout; 16 other referred cranial specimens | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Guadalupe |
| Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 105.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.8° North, 35.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.2 - 242 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Moenkopi | Member: | Anton Chico | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "The bonebed is ... in the uppermost meter of the Anton Chico Member of the Moenkopi just under its disconformable contact (Tr-3 unconformity) with the Upper Triassic Tecolotito Member of the Santa Rosa Formation of the Chinle Group (Fig. 1).Vertebrate biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy indicate that the Anton Chico Member and the bonebed are of Perovkan (early Anisian) age (Steiner and Lucas, 1992; Lucas and Schoch, 2002; Lucas, 2010)." (Rinehart et al. 2015) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green silty,sandy mudstone |
| Environment: | pond |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Eocyclotosaurus appetolatus type locality | ||
| Database number: | 196355 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | ||
| Created: | 2018-09-10 10:39:23 | Last modified: | 2018-10-31 08:05:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-09-10 10:39:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66761. | L. F. Rinehart, S. G. Lucas, and R. R. Schoch. 2015. Eocyclotosaurus appetolatus, a new cyclotosaurid amphibian from the Middle Triassic (Perovkan) Moenkopi Formation of New Mexico, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(3):e929140 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |