List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Stegomus sp.
Marsh 1896
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Sues et al. 2003 | |||||||||
| bones/osteoderms | ||||||||||
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Poposauridae indet.
Nopcsa 1923
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Sues et al. 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UNC 15575 (holotype), partial skeleton | ||||||||||
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= Postosuchus alisonae n. sp.
Peyer et al. 2008
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Peyer et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Crocodylomorpha indet.
(Hay 1930)
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Nesbitt et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| NCSM 21722, complete, articulated skeleton with osteoderms of an undescribed basal crocodylomorph | ||||||||||
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Dromicosuchus grallator n. gen., n. sp.
Sues et al. 2003
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Sues et al. 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UNC 15574 (holotype), skull and partial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Traversodontidae
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Plinthogomphodon herpetairus n. gen., n. sp.
Sues et al. 1999
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1 individual | |||||||||
| UNC 15576, snout, left coracoid and humerus | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodontia indet.
(Owen 1859)
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Sues et al. 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| two articulated phalanges of a large dicynodont | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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? Temnospondyli indet.
von Zittel 1887
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Sues et al. 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Single bone | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Durham |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 78.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.6° North, 21.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Carnian or early Norian.
All fossils found together in one bed within the "Lithofacies Association II". "Huber et al. (1993) regarded Lithofacies Association II as the stratigraphic equivalent of the lower Sanford Formation in the neighboring Sanford sub-basin. Based on the occurrence of the palaeonisciform fish Turseodus, Olsen et al. (1989) correlated Lithofacies Association II of the Deep River basin with the Lockatong Formation of the Newark basin and the 'upper member' of the Cow Branch Formation of the Dan River basin and thus regarded its age as late Carnian. Lucas et al. (1998) used the presence of the stagonolepidid Stegomus arcuatus (which they referred to Aetosaurus) to argue for an early to middle Norian age for what they termed the 'Neshanician land-vertebrate faunachron,' which includes the vertebrate assemblage from Lithofacies Association II...The biostratigraphic evidence cannot definitely resolve the question whether the tetrapod assemblage from Lithofacies Association II is late Carnian or early Norian in age." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,red calcareous sandstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | sandy mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: "red, bioturbated calcareous sandstone and sandy mudstone" | |||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: "adjacent to a channel deposit" | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -single event |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Feeding/predation traces: | fractures,tooth marks |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 32343 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen, R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Alroy, A. Kourmadas, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-06-25 16:16:48 | Last modified: | 2020-12-03 10:20:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-25 16:16:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29892. | H. -D. Sues, P. E. Olsen, and J. G. Carter. 1999. A Late Triassic traversodont cynodont from the Newark Supergroup of North Carolina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:351-354 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 63960 | S. Nesbitt, V. Schneider, R.B. Irmis, L. E. Zanno, and J. Clark. 2014. The Early Evolution of Crocodylomorpha: Nearly Complete Skeletons from the Late Triassic of North Carolina Demonstrate Conservation in the Early Body Plan of a Successful Clade. Geological Society America Bulletin 46(3):22 [M. Uhen/A. Kourmadas/O. Alfaro] | |
| 29893 | K. Peyer, J. G. Carter, H.-D. Sues, S. E. Novak, and P. E. Olsen. 2008. A new suchian archosaur from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):363-381 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Uhen] | |
| 8725 | H.-D. Sues, P. E. Olsen, J. G. Carter and D. M. Scott. 2003. A new crocodylomorph archosaur from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):329-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Butler] | |
| 35610 | J. C. Weinbaum. 2011. The skull of Postosuchus kirkpatricki (Archosauria: Paracrocodyliformes) from the Upper Triassic of the United States. PaleoBios 30(1):18-44 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |