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Petrified Forest Chinle Formation, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 34,-109 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Arizona, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Catron County, New Mexico, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Petrified Forest Chinle Formation | Ash S. R. (1991) | Chinle - Petrified Forest | sandstone | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Aricycas paulae species | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Aricycas : Aricycas paulae | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
References
Ash S. R. (1991) A New Pinnate Cycad Leaf from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of Arizona, Botanical Gazette 152 1, 123-131 |
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!