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Billingsley Bonebed, Coconino County, Arizona, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	35.65,-111.117
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Arizona, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Coconino County, Arizona, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Billingsley Bonebed, MNA 360	Murry P. A., Kirby R. E. (2002)	Chinle - Owl Rock		mudstone	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Turseodus dolorensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Palaeoniscidae : Turseodus : *Turseodus dolorensis*	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Redfieldiidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Perleididae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perleidiformes : Perleididae	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Semionotus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Semionotidae : *Semionotus*	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Reticulodus synergus species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : Reticulodus : *Reticulodus synergus*	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Chinlea sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Mawsoniidae : *Chinlea*	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Osteichthyes unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Kuehneosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Kuehneosauridae	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Archosauriformes unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauriformes	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Machaeroprosopus buceros species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Phytosauridae : Machaeroprosopus : *Belodon buceros*	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Postosuchus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Rauisuchidae : *Postosuchus*	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Shuvosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shuvosauridae	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Shuvosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shuvosauridae : *Shuvosaurus*	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Sphenosuchidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenosuchidae	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Typothorax coccinarum species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Stagonolepididae : Typothorax : *Typothorax coccinarum*	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Procolophonidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Procolophonidae	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Sphenodontidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia : Sphenodontidae	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Theropoda unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic
Unio sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : *Unio*	208.5 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic

References

Kirby R. E. (1991) A vertebrate fauna from the Upper Triassic Owl Rock Member of the Chinle Formation in Northern Arizona, Northern Arizona University, 1-476

Kirby R. E. (1993) Relationships of Late Triassic basin evolution and faunal replacement in the southwestern United States: perspectives from the upper part of the Chinle Formation in northern Arizona, The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3, 233-242

Murry P. A., Kirby R. E. (2002) A new hybodont shark from the Chinle and Bull Canyon formations, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21, 87-106

Butler R. J., Porro L. B., et al (2006) A supposed heterodontosaurid tooth from the Rhaetian of Switzerland and a reassessment of the European Late Triassic record of Ornithischia (Dinosauria), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2006 10, 613-633

Spielmann J. A., Lucas S. G., et al (2007) Tetrapod fauna of the Upper Triassic (Revueltian) Owl Rock Formation, Chinle Group, Arizona, The Global Triassic, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 41, 371-383

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