Orphan Mesa Loc. 12: Norian, New Mexico
collected by R. Sullivan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Coelophysidae
Coelophysis sp. Cope 1889
1 specimen
SMP VP-487, 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:54013
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-09-21 14:45:29 Last modified:2010-12-09 00:02:58
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-21 14:45:29
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]