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Big Cimarron Valley, Union County, New Mexico, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.9167,-103.5 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | New Mexico, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Union County, New Mexico, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Big Cimarron Valley | Long R. A., Murry P. A. (1995) | Sloan Canyon | not reported | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Apachesaurus gregorii species | Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Metoposauridae : Apachesaurus : Apachesaurus gregorii | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Machaeroprosopus pristinus species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Phytosauridae : Machaeroprosopus : Pseudopalatus pristinus | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
References
Long R. A., Murry P. A. (1995) Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the southwestern United States, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4, 1-254 |
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!