Lungfish locality (SMU 227): Norian, Arizona
collected by NPS, TSU 1987, 1988

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1834)
Dipnomorpha - Arganodontidae
Arganodus sp. Martin 1979
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Apachesaurus gregorii Hunt 1993
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Pseudopalatinae indet. Long and Murry 1995
replaced by Mystriosuchini
Reptilia - Sphenodontidae
Sphenodontidae indet. Cope 1871
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona County:Apache
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 109.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.0° North, 48.3° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:228.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chinle Member:Petrified Forest
Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Petrified Forest Formation"; now known as the Petrified Forest Member (Woody 2003) or the Painted Desert Member of the Petrified Forest Formation (Heckert & Lucas 2002).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:NPS, TSU Collection dates:1987, 1988
Metadata
Database number:93418
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-18 08:14:52 Last modified:2010-01-18 10:14:52
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-18 08:14:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

14122.ETE R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]