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Chinle - Siltstone, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA

FormationChinle
MemberSiltstone
Age:209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
IntervalRhaetian
Lithologysiltstone/conglomerate
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences19

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Ghost Ranch QuarryRio Arriba County, New Mexico, USAChinle - Siltstone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Chinle - Petrified Forest228 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
carbonate, mudstone/conglomerate, mudstone, sandstone/mudstone, "limestone", sandstone, conglomerate/siltstone, conglomerate/sandstone, claystone, "siliciclastic"/claystone, siltstone, chert, conglomerate396
Chinle - Petrified Forest222 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
mudstone/wackestone35

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Shipingia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Branchiopoda : Diplostraca : Shipingiidae : Shipingia208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Darwinula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Darwinulidae : Darwinula208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Synorichthys stewarti
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae : Synorichthys : Synorichthys stewarti208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Chinlea sorenseni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Mawsoniidae : Chinlea : Chinlea sorenseni208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Reptilia
class
3Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Vancleavea campi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Doswelliidae : Vancleavea : Vancleavea campi208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Archosauriformes
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauriformes208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Crocodylomorpha
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Crocodylomorpha208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Hesperosuchus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenosuchidae : Hesperosuchus208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Redondasaurus bermani
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Phytosauridae : Machaeroprosopus : Redondasaurus bermani208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Redondasaurus gregorii
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Phytosauridae : Machaeroprosopus : Redondasaurus gregorii208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Effigia okeeffeae
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shuvosauridae : Effigia : Effigia okeeffeae208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Eucoelophysis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eucoelophysis208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Avicranium renestoi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Drepanosauridae : Avicranium : Avicranium renestoi208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Drepanosauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Drepanosauridae208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Drepanosaurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Drepanosauridae : Drepanosaurus208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Whitakersaurus bermani
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia : Whitakersaurus : Whitakersaurus bermani208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Coelophysis bauri
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Coelophysidae : Coelophysis : Coelophysis bauri208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Daemonosaurus chauliodus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Daemonosaurus : Daemonosaurus chauliodus208.5 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic

References

Schaeffer B. (1967) Late Triassic fishes from the western United States, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 6, 285-342
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) A new phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) genus from the uppermost Triassic of the western United States and its biochonological significance, The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3, 193-196
Nesbitt S. J., Norell M. A. (2006) Extreme convergence in the body plans of an early suchian (Archosauria) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Theropoda), Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B
Heckert A. B., Lucas S. G., et al (2008) A new genus and species of sphenodontian from the Ghost Ranch Coelophysis Quarry (Upper Triassic: Apachean), Rock Point Formation, New Mexico, USA, Palaeontology 51 4, 827-845 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00786.x
Rinehart L. F., Lucas S. G., et al (2009) The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 45, 1-260
Nesbitt S. J., Stocker M. R., et al (2009) The osteology and relationships of Vancleavea campi (Reptilia: Archosauriformes), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157, 814-864 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00530.x
Renesto S., Spielmann J. A., et al (2010) The taxonomy and paleobiology of the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian: Adamanian-Apachean) drepanosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha: Drepanosauromorpha), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 46, 1-81
Sues H.-D., Nesbitt S. J., et al (2011) A late-surviving basal theropod dinosaur from the latest Triassic of North America, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278, 3459-3464 doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.0410
Nesbitt S. J. (2011) The early evolution of archosaurs: relationships and the origin of major clades, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 353, 1-292
Lucas S. G., Spielmann J. A., et al (2013) Juvenile skull of the phytosaur Redondasaurus from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico, and phytosaur ontogeny, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61, 389-400
Pritchard A. C., Nesbitt S. J. (2017) A bird-like skull in a Triassic diapsid reptile increases heterogeneity of the morphological and phylogenetic radiation of Diapsida, Royal Society Open Science 4, 170499
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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