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Lukachukai W , Apache County, Arizona, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.4167,-109.333 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Arizona, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Apache County, Arizona, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Lukachukai W (UCMP A270) | Long R. A., Murry P. A. (1995) | Chinle - Petrified Forest | lower part of member | not reported | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Lukachukai W, upper level (UCMP A270) | Long R. A., Murry P. A. (1995) | Chinle - Petrified Forest | "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). | not reported | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Koskinonodon perfectus species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Metoposauridae : Koskinonodon : Koskinonodon perfectus | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Leptosuchus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thecodontia : Parasuchidae : Leptosuchus | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Leptosuchus crosbiensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thecodontia : Parasuchidae : Leptosuchus : Leptosuchus crosbiensis | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Mystriosuchini unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Parasuchidae : Mystriosuchini | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
References
Long R. A., Murry P. A. (1995) Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the southwestern United States, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4, 1-254 |
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!