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RE: Ghost Ranch fauna



 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of Demetrios M Vital
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 11:14 AM
To: Dinosaur Mailing List
Subject: Re: Ghost Ranch fauna

 

Hello all,

 

I am illustrating a Coelophysis bauri Ghost Ranch scene for the geology dept. at my University.  I was curious is I could learn about the non-dinosaurian fauna in the area, i.e. the fish, rauisuchians and phytosaurs, and where I could find life and skeletal reconstructions of these species.

 

 

One of these days I’ll be able to do this with all the quarries. I’m still working on it. A quick look comes up with the following.

 

NEW MEXICO

 

RIO ARRIBA COUNTY

 

WHITAKER QUARRY/GHOST RANCH QUARRY

 

ROCK POINT MEMBER

 

CHINLE FORMATION

 

LATE TRIASSIC

 

Subclass: Archosauromorpha

 

Superorder: Crocodylomorpha

 

Order: Crocodylia

 

Suborder: Sphenosuchia

 

Family: Sphenosuchidae

 

Hesperosuchus agilis

 

Subclass: Archosauromorpha

 

Superorder: Neodiapsida

 

Order: Choristodera

 

Family: Champsosauridae

 

Genus nova

This is the new Diapsid? That is heavily armored.

 

SUPERORDER: THECODONTIA OWEN, 1859

 

ORDER: PARASUCHIA HUXLEY, 1875

 

Family: ANGISTORHINIDAE, Von HUENE, 1936

 

Subfamily: PSEUDOPALATINAE, Long & Murry, 1995

 

Pseudopalatus sp

 

Parasuchia incertae sedis

 

Gen. Sp indet.

 

ORDER: AETOSAURIA NICHOLSON & LYDEKKER 1889

 

Family: STAGONOLEPIDIDAE Lydekker, July 1887

 

Desmatosuchus haplocerus

 

Typothorax coccinarum

 

(I’ve also have heard of on Ornithisuchid, and Lagosuchid, but have not seen anything on them personally)

 

Parasuperorder: Theropodomorpha

 

Paraorder: Theropoda

 

Parasuborder: Ceratosauria

 

Family: Podokesauridae

 

Coelophysis bauri

Syntarsus?

 

New genus ?

 

 

Order: Therapsida

 

Suborder: Cynodontia

 

Infraorder: Eucynodontia

 

Family?

 

Gen. sp indet

 

Tracy L. Ford

P. O. Box 1171

Poway Ca  92074