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Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
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Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Angistorhinus grandis
Mehl 1913
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Complete skull and incomplete postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Howard |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 101.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.9° North, 40.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 740 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Dockum | Formation: | Colorado City | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Otischalkian LVF | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | R. Kahle |
| Collection method comments: Specimen housed in private collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93600 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-26 01:32:47 | Last modified: | 2022-07-15 11:10:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-26 01:32:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31717. | S. G. Lucas, A. B. Heckert, and R. Kahle. 2002. Postcranial anatomy of Angistorhinus, a Late Triassic phytosaur from West Texas. In A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21:157-164 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |