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NMMNH Loc. 001, Quay County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)35.3653,-103.38
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationNew Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Quay County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
NMMNH Loc. 001, Revuelto CreekHunt A. P. (1989)Dockum - Bull Canyonsandstone228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
NMMNH Loc. 00176, Revuelto CreekLong R. A., Murry P. A. (1995)Dockum - Bull Canyon228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
UCM Loc. 82021, Revuelto Creek Local FaunaCarpenter K. (1997)Dockum - Bull Canyonlate Early Norian; initially referred to "Cooper Canyon Formation" and later considered Bull Canyon. Hunt et al. 1998 assign this to Blue Mesa Mbr. of Chinle Fm.mudstone228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Polyporites sp.
genus
Fungi : Polyporites228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Darwinula sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Darwinulidae : Darwinula228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Gerdalia sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Gerdalia228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeonisciformes
order
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Colobodontidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perleidiformes : Colobodontidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Actinopterygii
class
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Coelacanthidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Coelacanthiformes : Coelacanthidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Quayia zideki
species
Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Coelacanthiformes : Coelacanthidae : Quayia : Quayia zideki228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Arganodontidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Arganodontidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Apachesaurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Metoposauridae : Apachesaurus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Apachesaurus gregorii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Metoposauridae : Apachesaurus : Apachesaurus gregorii228 - 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
Crocodylomorpha
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Crocodylomorpha228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Crocodylotarsi
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Crocodylotarsi228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Revueltosaurus callenderi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Revueltosaurus : Revueltosaurus callenderi228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Machaeroprosopus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Phytosauridae : Machaeroprosopus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Machaeroprosopus mccauleyi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Phytosauridae : Machaeroprosopus : Pseudopalatus mccauleyi228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Parasuchidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thecodontia : Parasuchidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Rutiodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Phytosauridae : Rutiodon228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Rauisuchidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Rauisuchidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Rhynchosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchosauria : Rhynchosauridae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Shuvosaurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shuvosauridae : Shuvosaurus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Shuvosaurus inexpectatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shuvosauridae : Shuvosaurus : Shuvosaurus inexpectatus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Sphenosuchidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenosuchidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Rioarribasuchus chamaensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Stagonolepididae : Rioarribasuchus : Rioarribasuchus chamaensis228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Stagonolepididae
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Stagonolepididae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Typothorax coccinarum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Stagonolepididae : Typothorax : Typothorax coccinarum228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Squamata
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Proganochelys tenertesta
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudinata : Proganochelys : Proganochelys tenertesta228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Chindesaurus bryansmalli
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Herrerasauridae : Chindesaurus : Chindesaurus bryansmalli228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Gojirasaurus quayi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Gojirasaurus : Gojirasaurus quayi228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Unionidae
family
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Stellatochara sp.
genus
Plantae : Charophyta : Charophyceae : Charales : Stellatocharaceae : Stellatochara228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

References

Carpenter K., Parrish J. M. (1985) Late Triassic vertebrates from Revuelto Creek, Quay County, New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 36th Field Conference, Santa Rosa, NM, 197-198
Parrish J. M., Carpenter K. (1986) A new vertebrate fauna from the Dockum Formation (Late Triassic) of eastern New Mexico, The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 151-160
Hunt A. P. (1989) A new ?ornithischian dinosaur from the Bull Canyon Formation (Upper Triassic) of east-central New Mexico, Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, 355-358
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
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
Hunt A. P. (1997) A new coelacanth (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from the continental Upper Triassic of New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 11, 25-27
Carpenter K. (1997) A giant coelophysoid (Ceratosauria) theropod from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, USA, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 205 2, 189-208
Hunt A. P. (2001) The vertebrate fauna, biostratigraphy and biochronology of the type Revueltian land-vertebrate faunachron, Bull Canyon Formation (Upper Triassic), east-central New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 52nd Field Conference, Geology of the Llano Estacado 52, 123-151
Zeigler K. E., Heckert A. B., et al (2002) A new species of Desmatosuchus (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of the Chama Basin, north-central New Mexico, Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21, 215-219
Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G., et al (2006) Sexual dimorphism in a large brachyrostral phytosaur (Archosauria: Crurotarsi) from the Late Triassic of western North America, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37, 563-567
Nesbitt S. J., Irmis R. B., et al (2007) A critical re-evaluation of the Late Triassic dinosaur taxa of North America, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5 2, 209-243
Joyce W. G., Lucas S. G., et al (2009) A thin-shelled reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the origin of the turtle shell, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276, 507-513 doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1196
Schultz C. L., Langer M. C., et al (2016) A new rhynchosaur from south Brazil (Santa Maria Formation) and rhynchosaur diversity patterns across the Middle-Late Triassic boundary, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 90, 593-609
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