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Salitral Formation, the Glossary

The Salitral Formation is a Late Triassic geologic formation found in north-central New Mexico, primarily the northwestern Jemez Mountains.^[1]

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Triassic formations of New Mexico

Abiquiú, New Mexico

Abiquiú (Tewa: Péshú:bú'; Northern Tiwa: Gultɨdda) is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States, about 53 miles (85 km) north of Santa Fe.

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Aetosaur

Aetosaurs are heavily armored reptiles belonging to the extinct order Aetosauria (from Greek, ἀετός (aetos, "eagle") and σαυρος (sauros, "lizard")).

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Bentonite

Bentonite is an absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite (a type of smectite) which can either be Na-montmorillonite or Ca-montmorillonite.

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Blue Mesa Member

The Blue Mesa Member is a member of the Chinle Formation.

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Bluewater Creek Formation

The Bluewater Creek Formation is a geologic formation in west-central New Mexico. Salitral Formation and Bluewater Creek Formation are Triassic formations of New Mexico.

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Chinle Formation

The Chinle Formation is an Upper Triassic continental geological formation of fluvial, lacustrine, and palustrine to eolian deposits spread across the U.S. states of Nevada, Utah, northern Arizona, western New Mexico, and western Colorado. Salitral Formation and Chinle Formation are Triassic formations of New Mexico.

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Concretion

A concretion is a hard, compact mass formed by the precipitation of mineral cement within the spaces between particles, and is found in sedimentary rock or soil.

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Conglomerate (geology)

Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts.

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A geological contact is a boundary which separates one rock body from another.

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Coprolite

A coprolite (also known as a coprolith) is fossilized feces.

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Desmatosuchus

Desmatosuchus (from Greek δεσμός desmos 'link' + σοῦχος soûkhos 'crocodile') is an extinct genus of archosaur belonging to the Order Aetosauria.

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Geological formation

A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exposed in a geographical region (the stratigraphic column).

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Jemez Mountains

The Jemez Mountains (Tewa: Tsąmpiye'ip'įn, Navajo: Dził Łizhinii) are a group of mountains in Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and Los Alamos counties, New Mexico, United States.

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Late Triassic

The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch of the Triassic Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago).

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Lithology

The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low magnification microscopy.

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Longosuchus

Longosuchus (meaning "Long's crocodile") is an extinct genus of desmatosuchin aetosaur from the Late Triassic of North America.

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Metoposauridae

Metoposauridae is an extinct family of trematosaurian temnospondyls.

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Mudstone

Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Phytosaur

Phytosaurs (Φυτόσαυροι in greek, meaning 'plant lizard') are an extinct group of large, mostly semiaquatic Late Triassic archosauriform reptiles.

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Poleo Formation

The Poleo Formation is a geologic formation in northern New Mexico. Salitral Formation and Poleo Formation are Triassic formations of New Mexico.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Scute

A scute or scutum (Latin: scutum; plural: scuta "shield") is a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodilians, and the feet of birds.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salitral_Formation

Also known as Salitral Shale.