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Shark Tooth Hill, Quay County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)34.9783,-103.332
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationNew Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Quay County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
NMMNH L-488, Shark Tooth HillSpielmann J. A., Lucas S. G., et al (2006)Chinle - Redondaupper part of Redonda Formationnot reported228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
NMMNH L-489, Shark Tooth HillSpielmann J. A., Lucas S. G., et al (2006)Chinle - Redondaupper part of Redonda Formationnot reported228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
NMMNH L-490, Shark Tooth HillSpielmann J. A., Lucas S. G., et al (2006)Chinle - Redondaupper part of Redonda Formationnot reported228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
NMMNH L-491, Shark Tooth HillSpielmann J. A., Lucas S. G., et al (2006)Chinle - Redondaupper part of Redonda Formationnot reported228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
NMMNH L-492, Shark Tooth HillSpielmann J. A., Lucas S. G., et al (2006)Chinle - Redondaupper part of Redonda Formationnot reported228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
NMMNH L-493, Shark Tooth HillSpielmann J. A., Lucas S. G., et al (2006)Chinle - Redondaupper part of Redonda Formationnot reported228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
NMMNH L-494, Shark Tooth HillSpielmann J. A., Lucas S. G., et al (2006)Chinle - Redondaupper part of Redonda Formationnot reported228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Shark Tooth Hill, NMMNH Loc. 487Murry P. A. (1989)Chinle - Redonda - Duke Ranchupper part of formation, Apachean. Two levels.conglomerate228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Spirorbis sp.
genus
Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Spirorbis228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Darwinula sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Darwinulidae : Darwinula228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Lasalichthys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae : Lasalichthys228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Redfieldiidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Perleidiformes
order
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perleidiformes228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Semionotidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Semionotidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Actinopterygii
class
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Osteichthyes
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Metoposauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Metoposauridae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Reptilia
class
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Archosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauria228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Mystriosuchinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Parasuchidae : Mystriosuchinae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Parasuchidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thecodontia : Parasuchidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Redondasaurus gregorii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Phytosauridae : Machaeroprosopus : Redondasaurus gregorii228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Redondasuchus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Stagonolepididae : Redondasuchus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

References

Murry P. A. (1989) Geology and paleontology of the Dockum Formation (Upper Triassic), west Texas and eastern New Mexico, Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, 102-144
Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G. (1993) Late Triassic microvertebrate localities in New Mexico (USA): implications for paleoecology, The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3, 187-191
Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G. (1993) A new phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) genus from the uppermost Triassic of the western United States and its biochonological significance, The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3, 193-196
Spielmann J. A., Lucas S. G., et al (2006) The vertebrate macrofauna of the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Redonda Formation, east-central New Mexico, The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37, 502-509
Spielmann J. A., Lucas S. G. (2012) Tetrapod fauna of the Upper Triassic Redonda formation, East-Central New Mexico: the characteristic assemblage of the Apachean land-vertebrate faunachron, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 55, 1-119
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