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Radar Mesa, Coconino County, Arizona, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)35.0806,-110.84
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationArizona, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Coconino County, Arizona, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Radar MesaNesbitt S. J. (2005)Moenkopi - HolbrookTop of the Holbrook Member; Lucas & Schoch (2002: Lethaia 35: 97-106) inferred the Holbrook member to be earliest Anisian (Aegean–Bithynian) in age based upon tetrapod biostratigraphy (Eocyclotosaurus used to correlate Holbrook Member to German Upper Bundsandstein) and magnetostratigraphyconglomerate247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Hybodus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Moenkopia wellesi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Coelacanthidae : Moenkopia : Moenkopia wellesi247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Cynodontia
family
Animalia : Chordata : Cynodontia247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Eocyclotosaurus wellesi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Mastodonsauridae : Eocyclotosaurus : Eocyclotosaurus wellesi247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Arizonasaurus babbitti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thecodontia : Ctenosauriscidae : Arizonasaurus : Arizonasaurus babbitti247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Anisodontosaurus greeri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Anisodontosaurus : Anisodontosaurus greeri247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Archosauromorpha
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauromorpha247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Poposauroidea
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Poposauroidea247.2 - 242 Ma
Triassic

References

Cuny G., Gauffre F.-X., et al (1999) First discovery of a cynodont from the Moenkopi Formation (Middle Triassic) of northeastern Arizona, Oryctos 2, 17-20
Nesbitt S. J. (2005) A new archosaur from the upper Moenkopi Formation (Middle Triassic) of Arizona and its implications for rauisuchian phylogeny and diversification, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2005 6, 332-346
Nesbitt S. J. (2005) The Moenkopi Formation along the Little Colorado River in eastern Arizona, Guidebook to the Triassic Formations of the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona, Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 9, 13-23
Schoch R. R., Nesbitt S., et al (2010) The reptile assemblage from the Moenkopi Formation (Middle Triassic) of New Mexico, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 255, 345-369 doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0030
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