University of Rhode Island DigitalCommons@URI Geosciences Faculty Publications Geosciences 2000 Paleoenvironments of Early Theropods, Chinle Formation (Late Triassic), Petrified orF est National Park, Arizona François Therrien University of Rhode Island David E. Fastovsky University of Rhode Island Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/geo_facpubs Terms of Use All rights reserved under copyright. Citation/Publisher Attribution Therrien, F., & Fastovsky, D. E. (2000). Paleoenvironments of Early Theropods, Chinle Formation (Late Triassic), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. PALAIOS, 15(3), 194-211. doi: 10.1669/0883-1351(2000)015<0194:POETCF>2.0.CO;2 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1669/0883-1351(2000)015<0194:POETCF>2.0.CO;2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Geosciences at DigitalCommons@URI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Geosciences Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@URI. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 194 Paleoenvironments of Early Theropods, Chinle Formation (Late Triassic), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona FRANC¸ OIS THERRIEN* and DAVID E. FASTOVSKY Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881 PALAIOS, 2000, V. 15, p. 194—211 theropod specimens in PEFO (Late Triassic Chinle For- mation) allows insights into the paleoenvironments in Three localities in the Chinle Formation (Late Triassic), which theropods lived, as well as provides a counterpoint Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO), Arizona, provide in- for behavioral inferences based upon the well-known sights into the paleoenvironments frequented by primitive Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, Coelophysis quarry. North American theropods. At the Dinosaur Wash locality, Three theropod localities in PEFO were selected (Fig.