Thunderstorm Ridge (PFV 456): Norian, Arizona

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Drepanosauridae
Skybalonyx skapter n. gen., n. sp. Jenkins et al. 2021
Jenkins et al. 2021
Holotype: PEFO 43703, manual ungual; paratypes: PEFO 43704, 43705, 43706, 43707, 43708, 43709, 43710 (manual unguals)
Reptilia
Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Long and Murry 1995
Marsh et al. 2020
Referred specimens: PEFO 43699 (maxilla), 44448 (paramedian osteoderm), 44449 (osteoderm ring), 44450 (paramedian osteoderm), 44451 (lateral osteoderm), 44452 (paramedian osteoderm), 44453 (lateral osteoderm), 44454 (lateral osteoderm), 44455 (paramedian osteoderm), 44456 (lateral osteoderm), 44457 (frontal)
Dinosauromorpha indet. Benton 1985
Marsh and Parker 2020
Referred specimen: PEFO 44476, right tibia
Reptilia - Azendohsauridae
Azendohsauridae sp. Nesbitt et al. 2015
Kligman et al. 2020
Reptilia - Trilophosauridae
? Trilophosauridae sp. Gregory 1945
Kligman et al. 2020
unclassified
Kataigidodon venetus n. gen., n. sp. Kligman et al. 2020
2 specimens
Holotype: PEFO 43755, anterior end of a right dentary, including I1 alveolus, C1, PC1 alveolus and PC2. Paratype: PEFO 43838, anterior end of a left dentary, including I1 alveolus, broken base of C1, PC1 alveolus and broken base of PC2.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Funcusvermis gilmorei n. gen., n. sp. Kligman et al. 2023
Kligman et al. 2023
PEFO 43891 - holotype
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 109.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.7° North, 48.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:223.036 ± 0.059 to 220.123 ± 0.068 Ma (unknown)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chinle Member:Blue Mesa
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of the Blue Mesa Member, Chinle Formation (Late Triassic: Norian), 223.036 ± 0.059 Ma to 220.123 ± 0.068 Ma (approx. 221 Ma; Ramezani et al. 2014, Atchley et al. 2014)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:PEFO
Database number:215309
Authorizer:E. Dunne, P. Mannion, B. Gee Enterer:E. Dunne, B. Gee, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-11-09 04:18:54 Last modified:2023-05-19 11:50:21
Access level:the public Released:2020-11-09 04:18:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

74286. B. T. Kligman, A. D. Marsh, H.-D. Sues and C. A. Sidor. 2020. A new non-mammalian eucynodont from the Chinle Formation (Triassic: Norian), and implications for the early Mesozoic equatorial cynodont record. Biology Letters 16:20200631 [E. Dunne/E. Dunne/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

75602 X. A. Jenkins, A. C. Pritchard, A. D. Marsh, B. T. Kligman, C. A. Sidor and K. E. Reed. 2021. Using manual ungual morphology to predict substrate use in the Drepanosauromorpha and the description of a new species. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(5):e1810058 [B. Gee/B. Gee]
84742 B. T. Kligman, B. M. Gee, A. D. Marsh, S. J. Nesbitt, M. E. Smith, W. G. Parker, and M. R. Stocker. 2023. Triassic stem caecilian supports dissorophoid origin of living amphibians. Nature 614:102-107 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
75577 B. T. Kligman, A. D. Marsh, S. J. Nesbitt, W. G. Parker, and M. R. Stocker. 2020. New trilophosaurid species demonstrates a decline in allokotosaur diversity across the Adamanian-Revueltian boundary in the Late Triassic of western North America. Palaeodiversity 13(1):25-37 [B. Gee/B. Gee]
75605 A. D. Marsh and W. G. Parker. 2020. New dinosauromorph specimens from Petrified Forest National Park and a global biostratigraphic review of Triassic dinosauromorph body fossils. PaleoBios 37 [B. Gee/B. Gee]
75606 A. D. Marsh, M. E. Smith, W. G. Parker, R. B. Irmis, and B. T. Kligman. 2020. Skeletal anatomy of Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Long and Murry, 1995 (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its implications for the origin of the aetosaurian carapace. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(4):e1794885 [B. Gee/B. Gee]