Palo Duro Canyon (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as Paloduro, Palodura, Adamana

Where: Armstrong County, Texas (34.9° N, 101.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° N, 41.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Dockum Group, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. F. Cummins

Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1893. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado. Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892:11-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 164520: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.12.2014, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria -
Palaeoctonus dumblianus n. sp. Cope 1893 archosaur
teeth
Palaeoctonus orthodon n. sp. Cope 1893 archosaur
tooth
Osteichthyes
  -
Colognathus obscurus Case 1928 amniote
2x specimens