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Orphan Mesa Loc. 1, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	36.313,-106.446
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	New Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Orphan Mesa Loc. 1	Sullivan R. M., Lucas S.G., et al (1996)	Chinle - Petrified Forest - Painted Desert	29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation	sandstone	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orphan Mesa Loc. 12	Sullivan R. M., Lucas S.G., et al (1996)	Chinle - Petrified Forest - Painted Desert	29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation	sandstone	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orphan Mesa Loc. 13	Sullivan R. M., Lucas S.G., et al (1996)	Chinle - Petrified Forest - Painted Desert	29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation	sandstone	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orphan Mesa Loc. 2	Sullivan R. M., Lucas S.G., et al (1996)	Chinle - Petrified Forest - Painted Desert	29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation	sandstone	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orphan Mesa Loc. 3	Sullivan R. M., Lucas S. G. (1999)	Chinle - Petrified Forest	29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation/Member; also known as the "Painted Desert" Member of the Petrified Forest Formation	sandstone	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orphan Mesa Loc. 5	Sullivan R. M., Lucas S.G., et al (1996)	Chinle - Petrified Forest - Painted Desert	29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation	sandstone	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orphan Mesa Loc. 6	Sullivan R. M., Lucas S.G., et al (1996)	Chinle - Petrified Forest - Painted Desert	29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation	sandstone	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orphan Mesa Loc. 8	Sullivan R. M., Lucas S.G., et al (1996)	Chinle - Petrified Forest - Painted Desert	29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation	sandstone	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orphan Mesa Loc. 9	Sullivan R. M., Lucas S.G., et al (1996)	Chinle - Petrified Forest - Painted Desert	29 m below contact with the Rock Point Formation	sandstone	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Mystriosuchinae subfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Parasuchidae : Mystriosuchinae	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Eucoelophysis baldwini species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eucoelophysis : *Eucoelophysis baldwini*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Typothorax sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Stagonolepididae : *Typothorax*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Coelophysis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Coelophysidae : *Coelophysis*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

References

Sullivan R. M., Lucas S.G., et al (1996) The type locality of Coelophysis, a Late Triassic dinosaur from north-central New Mexico (USA), Paläontologische Zeitschrift 70 1/2, 245-255

Sullivan R. M., Lucas S. G. (1999) Eucoelophysis baldwini, a new theropod dinosaur from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, and the status of the original types of Coelophysis, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 1, 81-90

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

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