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Moqui Wash, Coconino County, Arizona, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)35.0667,-110.867
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationArizona, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Coconino County, Arizona, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Moqui WashNesbitt S. J. (2005)Moenkopi - WupatkiAbout 21 m above underlying Kaibab limestone
Lucas & Schoch (2002: Lethaia 35, 97-106) inferred the Wupatki Member to be Spathian in age based upon lithostratigraphic correlation.
conglomerate251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Tetrapoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Austrobrachyops : Tetrapoda251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Wellesaurus peabodyi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Mastodonsauridae : Wellesaurus : Parotosaurus peabodyi251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Chirotherium rex
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Chirotheriidae : Chirotherium : Chirotherium rex251.3 - 247.2 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

References

Peabody F. E. (1948) Reptile and amphibian trackways from the Lower Triassic Moenkopi formation of Arizona and Utah, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27 8, 295-468
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
Klein H., Lucas S. G. (2010) Review of the tetrapod ichnofauna of the Moenkopi Formation/Group (Early-Middle Triassic) of the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 50, 1-67
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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