Chindesaurus - Wikipedia
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VERIFY:length_max_m: stored=3 suggested=2.3 confidence=high — The 3-4 m figure comes from Long & Murry's (1995) original reconstruction, which has been superseded: Benson & Brusatte (2012) give a maximum of about 2.3 m for the type and paratype specimens, and Holtz (2012) estimated only about 2 m. A stored maximum of 3 m is above any currently supported estimate.
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VERIFY:weight_min_kg: stored=10 suggested=23 confidence=medium — Holtz (2012) estimated a mass of roughly 23-45 kg (wolf-sized), and other summaries cite figures up to about 50 kg; no current source supports a lower bound as small as 10 kg. The stored maximum of 40 kg sits inside the published range and is not flagged.
Åpne kilde ↗Redescription of the Holotype Specimen of Chindesaurus bryansmalli Long and Murry, 1995 (Dinosauria, Theropoda), from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
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VERIFY:period_start_mya: stored=223 suggested=213 confidence=high — Marsh et al. (2019) bracket the holotype locality (PFV 020, Sonsela Member, Chinle Formation) between U-Pb detrital zircon maximum depositional ages of 213.124 +/- 0.069 Ma at the Petrified Forest Member-Sonsela Member contact and 209.926 +/- 0.072 Ma in the Black Forest bed. A start of 223 Ma reflects older, now-superseded age models for the Chinle Formation.
Åpne kilde ↗Redescription of the Holotype Specimen of Chindesaurus bryansmalli Long and Murry, 1995 (Dinosauria, Theropoda), from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
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VERIFY:period_end_mya: stored=213 suggested=210 confidence=medium — The radioisotopic bracket in Marsh et al. (2019) places the holotype horizon no younger than about 209.9 Ma, giving a range of roughly 213-210 Ma rather than terminating at 213 Ma. The stored end date is effectively the oldest limit of the accepted interval.
Åpne kilde ↗Redescription of the holotype specimen of Chindesaurus bryansmalli Long and Murry, 1995 (Dinosauria, Theropoda), from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Taylor & Francis)
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Peer-reviewed redescription of the holotype that reviews and tests the taxon's placement within Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda and Herrerasauridae.
Åpne kilde ↗Chindesaurus — Paleobiology Database taxon page
Paleobiology Database
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Database taxon page listing the recorded fossil occurrences, collections and stratigraphic range of Chindesaurus in the Upper Triassic of the southwestern United States.
Åpne kilde ↗Paleoenvironments of Early Theropods, Chinle Formation (Late Triassic), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
PALAIOS / University of Rhode Island Digital Commons
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Peer-reviewed sedimentological study reconstructing the fluvial floodplain palaeoenvironments of the Chinle Formation localities that yield early theropods including Chindesaurus.
Åpne kilde ↗Petrified Forest National Park Audio Tour, North Version
U.S. National Park Service
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Park Service interpretive source describing Chindesaurus bryansmalli, discovered in the park in 1984, as a turkey-sized bipedal carnivore.
Åpne kilde ↗LA-ICPMS U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircon grains from the Coconino, Moenkopi, and Chinle formations in the Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona)
Geochronology (Copernicus Publications)
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Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åpne kilde ↗Dinosaurs — Petrified Forest National Park
U.S. National Park Service
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General overview from the national park where the holotype was collected, covering the Late Triassic dinosaurs of the Chinle Formation including Chindesaurus.
Åpne kilde ↗Dinosaurs — Petrified Forest National Park
U.S. National Park Service
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General overview from the national park where the holotype was collected, covering the Late Triassic dinosaurs of the Chinle Formation including Chindesaurus.
Åpne kilde ↗Dinosaurs — Petrified Forest National Park
U.S. National Park Service
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General overview from the national park where the holotype was collected, covering the Late Triassic dinosaurs of the Chinle Formation including Chindesaurus.
Åpne kilde ↗Dinosaurs — Petrified Forest National Park
U.S. National Park Service
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General overview from the national park where the holotype was collected, covering the Late Triassic dinosaurs of the Chinle Formation including Chindesaurus.
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