Orphan Mesa Loc. 2: Norian, New Mexico
collected by R. Sullivan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Coelophysidae
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Coelophysis sp.
Cope 1889
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1 specimen | |||||||||
SMP VP-456, dorsal vertebra | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Rio Arriba |
Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 106.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 11.5° North, 45.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 2005 meters | ||||
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 |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Chinle | Formation: | Petrified Forest | Member: | Painted Desert |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomeratic sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
Collectors: | R. Sullivan |
Metadata
Database number: | 54008 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-09-21 14:38:09 | Last modified: | 2010-12-09 00:04:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-21 14:38:09 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14598. | ETE | R. M. Sullivan, S.G. Lucas, A. Heckert and A.P. Hunt. 1996. The type locality of Coelophysis, a Late Triassic dinosaur from north-central New Mexico (USA). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 70(1/2):245-255 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Alroy] |