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Lamy Amphibian Quarry, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)35.2374,-105.794
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationNew Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Lamy Amphibian Quarry (bed 5)Lucas S. G., Rinehart L. F., et al (2010)Garita Creeklower part of formation, ca. 4m above lower contact; Adamanian/late Carnian agemudstone237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Lamy Amphibian Quarry (bed 6)Lucas S. G., Rinehart L. F., et al (2010)Garita Creeklower part of formation, ca. 4m above lower contact; Adamanian/late Carnian agemudstone237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Lamy Amphibian Quarry (bed 8)Lucas S. G., Rinehart L. F., et al (2010)Garita Creeklower part of formation, ca. 4m above lower contact; Adamanian/late Carnian agemudstone237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Lamy Amphibian Quarry, NMMNH Loc. 1176 (bed 7)Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G. (1995)Garita Creeklower part of formation, ca. 4m above lower contact; Adamanian/late Carnian agemudstone237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Lamy microvertebrate locality, NMMNH Loc. 1171Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G. (1993)Santa Rosa - Los EsterosAdamaniannot reported237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Palaeophycus sp.
genus
Palaeophycus237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Redfieldiidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Semionotidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Semionotidae237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Actinopterygii
class
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Ornithischia
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Colognathus obscurus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Colognathus : Colognathus obscurus237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Arganodus dorotheae
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Arganodontidae : Arganodus : Arganodus dorotheae237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Apachesaurus gregorii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Metoposauridae : Apachesaurus : Apachesaurus gregorii237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Koskinonodon perfectus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Metoposauridae : Koskinonodon : Koskinonodon perfectus237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Metoposauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Metoposauridae237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Reptilia
class
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Archosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauria237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Heterodontichnites hunti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Heterodontichnites : Heterodontichnites hunti237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Phytosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Phytosauria237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Mystriosuchinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Parasuchidae : Mystriosuchinae237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

References

Hunt A. P., Lucas A. G. (1989) Late Triassic vertebrate localities in New Mexico, Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, 72-101
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
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. (1995) Vertebrate paleontology and biochronology of the lower Chinle Group (Upper Triassic), Santa Fe County, north-central New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 46th Field Conference, Geology of the Santa Fe Region, 243-246
Rinehart L. F., Lucas S. G., et al (2006) Bite marks on tetrapod bones from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group representing a new ichnogenus, The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37, 160-163
Heckert A. B. (2006) Geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the enigmatic Upper Triassic (Adamanian: Carnian) vertebrate fossil Colognathus obscurus Case, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 62, 155-156
Mutter R. J., Heckert A. B. (2006) Re-investigation of enigmatic fish bones known as colobodontid/perleidid toothplates from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group (southwestern U.S.A.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37, 530-542
Lucas S. G., Rinehart L. F., et al (2010) Taphonomy of the Lamy amphibian quarry: A Late Triassic bonebed in New Mexico, U.S.A., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 298, 388-398 doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.10.025
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