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Collection: Chinde Point N1, PFV 16 Petrified Forest National Park, Apache County, Arizona, USA
Age | 228 - 208.5 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic) |
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Interval | Norian |
Lat/Long | 35.0875,-109.795 |
Co-ordinates derived from | based on nearby landmark |
Location | Chinde Point North 2 |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Petrified Forest National Park, Apache County, Arizona, USA |
Geographic Scale | small collection |
Formation | Chinle |
Member | Petrified Forest |
Stratigraphic Scale | bed |
Straigraphic Comments | "Upper Petrified Forest Formation"; now known as the Petrified Forest Member (Woody 2003) or the Painted Desert Member of the Petrified Forest Formation (Heckert & Lucas 2002). |
Lithology | not reported |
Environment | terrestrial indet. |
Associated Collections
Collection | Formation | Member | Lithology | Age |
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Chinde Point N3, PFV 19 | Chinle | Petrified Forest | not reported | 228 - 208.5 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic) |
Chinde Point North 2, PFV 18 | Chinle | Petrified Forest | not reported | 228 - 208.5 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic) |
Chinde Point Schilderia Field, PFV 17 | Chinle | Petrified Forest | not reported | 228 - 208.5 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic) |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Preservation | Age |
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Arganodus genus | Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii : Ceratodontiformes : Ceratodontidae : Arganodus | phosphatic body | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Archosauria unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauria | phosphatic body | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Stagonolepididae unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Stagonolepididae | phosphatic body | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Chindesaurus bryansmalli species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Herrerasauridae : Chindesaurus : Chindesaurus bryansmalli | hydroxylapatite body | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Theropoda unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda | hydroxylapatite 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!