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Collection: Flag Canyon, 1 mile NNE Crystal Forest (PFV 191) Petrified Forest National Park, Apache County, Arizona, USA
| Age | 228 - 208.5 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic) |
|---|---|
| Interval | Norian |
| Lat/Long | 34.8764,-109.782 |
| Co-ordinates derived from | estimated from map |
| Location | Flag Canyon |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Petrified Forest National Park, Apache County, Arizona, USA |
| Geographic Scale | small collection |
| Geographic Comments | Petrified Forest National Park; "approximately 1 mile NNE of Crystal Forest at the base of a long, north-south trending escarpment" |
| Formation | Chinle |
| Member | Sonsela |
| Stratigraphic Scale | group of beds |
| Straigraphic Comments | "PFV 191 is within the Jim Camp Wash beds of the Sonsela Member and is located approximately 20 meters above the top of the Blue Mesa Member...The exact age of these beds cannot be currently unequivocally constrained, but the presence of the aetosaur Paratypothorax and the phytosaur Pseudopalatus at lower horizons in the nearby Crystal Forest (PFV 173) and Mountain Lion Mesa (PFV 295), respectively, suggests a Norian age" |
| Lithology Description | "PEFO 31165 occurred as float from a series of low, gray, sandy mudstone hills" |
| Lithology | mudstone |
| Minor Lithology | sandy |
| Environment | terrestrial indet. |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
 Trilophosaurus jacobsispecies | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Trilophosauridae : Trilophosaurus : Trilophosaurus jacobsi | phosphatic body | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
 Crocodylomorphaunranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Crocodylomorpha | phosphatic body | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
 Suchiaunranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Suchia | phosphatic body | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
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!
