Where: San Juan County, Utah (38.2° N, 109.2° W: paleocoordinates 14.4° N, 47.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chinle Formation, Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)
• "Upper part of Chinle Formation"; exact stratigraphic horizon not determined, but Schaeffer (1967) notes that the Moss Back, Owl Rock and Church Rock members of the Chinle are present in this area
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in the 1950s, 1960s; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: B. Schaeffer. 1967. Late Triassic fishes from the western United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(6):285-342 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135710: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 05.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Lasalichthys hillsi, Cionichthys dunklei n. gen. n. sp.
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