Ambo Springs, UCMP V-98026 (Triassic to of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (9.0° N, 37.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° N, 37.8° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Adigrat Sandstone Formation, Late/Upper Triassic to Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 174.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: M. B. Goodwin, W. A. Clemens, J. H. Hutchison, C. B. Wood, M. S. Zavada, A. Kemp, C. J. Duffin and C. R. Schaff. 1999. Mesozoic continental vertebrates with associated palynostratigraphic dates from the northwestern Ethiopian plateau. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(4):728-741 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 48830: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.03.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
 Loricata -
Mesoeucrocodylia indet. Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 crocodilian
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar