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The '''Pekin Formation''' is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[North Carolina]].<ref name="triassicdistribution">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.</ref>
he '''Pekin Formation''' is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[North Carolina]].<ref name="triassicdistribution">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.</ref>


==Vertebrate fauna==
==Vertebrate fauna==

=== Archosauromorphs ===
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! colspan="5" align="center" | '''Unclassified [[Archosauromorpha|Archosauromorphs]] of the Pekin Formation'''
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! Taxa
! Presence
! Notes
! Images
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'''Genus:'''
* [[Uatchitodon]]
# Uatchitodon kroehleri
| [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]
| A venomous archosauromorph.
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! colspan="5" align="center" | '''[[Proterosuchidae|Proterosuchids]] of the Pekin Formation'''
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! Taxa
! Presence
! Notes
! Images
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'''Genus:'''
* [[Archosaurus]]
# ''Archosaurus sp.''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Online Collections {{!}} North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences|url = http://collections.naturalsciences.org/resultsVertPaleo.aspx?ID=19427|website = collections.naturalsciences.org|access-date = 2016-02-23}}</ref>
| [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]
| Is most likely classified under Archosaurus for the time being rather than being an actual Archosaurus specimen.
|[[File:Archosaurus ross1DB.jpg|thumb]]
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! colspan="5" align="center" |'''[[Rhynchosaur|Rhynchosaurs]] of the Pekin Formation'''
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'''Genus:'''
* [[Rhynchosaurus]]
# ''Rhynchosaurus sp.''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Online Collections {{!}} North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences|url = http://collections.naturalsciences.org/resultsVertPaleo.aspx?ID=16370|website = collections.naturalsciences.org|access-date = 2016-02-23}}</ref>
| [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]]
| Is most likely classified under Rhyncosaurus for the time being rather than being an actual Rhyncosaurus specimen.
|[[File:Rhynchosaurus.JPG|thumb]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" align="center" width="100%"
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! colspan="5" align="center" |'''[[Phytosaur|Phytosaurs]] of the Pekin Formation'''
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! Presence
! Notes
! Images
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'''Genus:'''
* [[Rutiodon]]
# ''Rutiodon carolinensis''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Online Collections {{!}} North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences|url = http://collections.naturalsciences.org/resultsVertPaleo.aspx?ID=15647|website = collections.naturalsciences.org|access-date = 2016-02-23}}</ref>
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|[[File:Rutiodon BW.jpg|thumb]]
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! colspan="5" align="center" |'''[[Vertebrate]]s of the Pekin Formation'''
! colspan="5" align="center" |'''[[Vertebrate]]s of the Pekin Formation'''

Revision as of 01:24, 23 February 2016

Pekin Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic
TypeGeological formation

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

Vertebrate fauna

Archosauromorphs

Unclassified Archosauromorphs of the Pekin Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. Uatchitodon kroehleri
 Chatham County A venomous archosauromorph.
Proterosuchids of the Pekin Formation
Taxa Presence Notes Images

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
Taxa Presence Notes Images

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
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. Rutiodon carolinensis[4]

{| class="wikitable" align="center" width="100%"

|- ! colspan="5" align="center" |Vertebrates of the Pekin Formation |- ! Taxa ! Presence ! Notes ! Images |- | Genus:

  1. Revueltosaurus olseni[1]

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|- | Genus:

  1. Carnufex carolinensis

| | | |- | Genus:

  1. Traversodontidae indet.

| | | |- | Genus:

  1. Aetosauria indet.

| | | |- | Genus:

| | |- |}

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ "Online Collections | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences". collections.naturalsciences.org. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
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