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
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Hybodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1834)
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Dipnomorpha
- Arganodontidae
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Arganodus sp.
Martin 1979
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Metoposauridae
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Apachesaurus gregorii
Hunt 1993
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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Pseudopalatinae indet.
Long and Murry 1995
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replaced by Mystriosuchini | |||||||
Reptilia
- Sphenodontidae
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Sphenodontidae indet.
Cope 1871
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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Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |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] |