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Chinle - Salitral, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA

Formation	Chinle
Member	Salitral
Age:	228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Interval	Norian
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	6

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
NMMNH L-913	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Chinle - Salitral

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Vertebrata subphylum	2.3	Animalia : Chordata : Vertebrata	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Metoposauridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Metoposauridae	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Aetosauria unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Aetosauria	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Dinosauria order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Mystriosuchinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Parasuchidae : Mystriosuchinae	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stagonolepididae unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Stagonolepididae	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

References

Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G. (1990) Re-evaluation of "Typothorax" meadei, a Late Triassic aetosaur from the United States, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 64, 317-328

Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G. (1993) Triassic vertebrate paleontology and biochronology of New Mexico, Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2, 49-60

Lucas S. G., Ziegler K. E., et al (2003) Upper Triassic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy, Chama Basin, north-central New Mexico, In K. E. Ziegler, A. B. Heckert, & S. G. Lucas (eds.), Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Triassic (Revueltian) Snyder Quarry, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 24, 15-39

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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