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Chinle - Redonda - San Jon Creek, Quay County, New Mexico, USA

Group	Chinle
Formation	Redonda
Member	San Jon Creek
Age:	228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Interval	Norian
Lithology	limestone/siltstone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	8

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Mesa Redonda tracksite [general]	Quay County, New Mexico, USA	Chinle - Redonda - San Jon Creek

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Ameghinichnus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ameghinichnidae : *Ameghinichnus*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Chirotherium eyermani species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thecodontia : Chirotherium : *Chirotherium eyermani*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Rhynchosauroides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia : *Rhynchosauroides*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Eubrontes cursorius species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : *Eubrontes cursorius*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Grallator (Eubrontes) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : *Grallator (Eubrontes)*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pseudotetrasauropus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : *Pseudotetrasauropus*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Evazoum sirigui species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Otozoidae : Evazoum : *Evazoum sirigui*	228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

References

Lucas S. G., Hunt A. P., et al (1986) Late Triassic dinosaur footprints from east-central New Mexico, First International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, Abstracts with Program, 19

Hunt A. P., Lockley M. G., et al (1993) Vertebrate and invertebrate tracks and trackways from Upper Triassic strata of the Tucumcari Basin, east-central New Mexico, USA, The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3, 199-201

Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G., et al (2000) Occurrence of the dinosaurian ichnogenus Grallator in the Redonda Formation (Upper Triassic: Norian) of eastern New Mexico, Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17, 39-41

Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G. (2007) Late Triassic tetrapod tracks of western North America, In S. G. Lucas & J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Triassic of the American West. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 40, 215-230

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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