Pekin Formation

The Pekin Formation is a geological formation in North Carolina.[1]

Pekin Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionNorth Carolina
Country United States

Vertebrate fauna

Archosauromorphs
Unclassified Archosauromorphs of the Pekin Formation
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Genus:

  1. Uatchitodon kroehleri
 Chatham County A venomous archosauromorph.
Proterosuchids of the Pekin Formation
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Genus:

  1. Archosaurus sp.[2]
 Chatham County Is most likely classified under Archosaurus for the time being rather than being an actual Archosaurus specimen.
Rhynchosaurs of the Pekin Formation
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Genus:

  1. Rhynchosaurus sp.[3]
 Chatham County Is most likely classified under Rhyncosaurus for the time being rather than being an actual Rhyncosaurus specimen.
Phytosaurs of the Pekin Formation
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Genus:

  1. Rutiodon carolinensis[4]
 Chatham County
Pseudosuchians of the Pekin Formation
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Genus:

  1. Revueltosaurus olseni [1]
 Chatham County

Genus:

  1. Lucasuchus hunti[5]
 Chatham County
Genus:
  1. Coahomasuchus sp.
 Chatham County
Genus:
  1. Gorgetosuchus pekinensis
 Chatham County
Genus:
  1. Longosuchus sp.
 Chatham County

Genus:

  1. Carnufex carolinensis

Synapsids
Synapsids of the Pekin Formation
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Genus:

  1. Traversodontidae indet

Genus:

See also
  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References
  1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 518–521. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. "Online Collections | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences". collections.naturalsciences.org. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  3. "Online Collections | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences". collections.naturalsciences.org. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  4. "Online Collections | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences". collections.naturalsciences.org. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  5. "Fossilworks: Lucasuchus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  6. "Online Collections | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences". collections.naturalsciences.org. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
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