Species: bryansmalli LONG & MURRY, 1995
= Chindesaurus bryansmalli MURRY & LONG, 1989 (nomen nudum)
= Chindesaurus smalli [Anonymous] 1985 (nomen nudum, in San Diego Union, June 2, 1985)
Etymology: In honor of Bryan Small, who discovered the type specimen.

Holotype: PEFO 10395

Locality: 34m below Black Forest Tuff at Billingsley and 1.5 to 3.1 m above Painted Desert Sandstone # 2, Petrified Forest, Apache County, Arizona.

Horizon: Upper Petrified Forest Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Revueltian, Early Norian Substage, Early Norian Epoch, Middle Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Partial skeleton including an incomplete cervical centrum, posterior dorsal vertebrae, 2 sacral vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, portions of fragmentary right and left ilia, proximal externity of right pubis, and considerable portion of left pubic shaft, complete though crushed right femur and fragmentary left femur, fragmentary right tibia and complete right astragalus, also a number of rib fragments and 1 chevron present.

Referred material:

Locality: Placerias quarry (UCMP A269, MNA 207C), Big Hollow Wash near Romero Springs, a small valley 6 1/2 miles (approximately 10.4 km) S 65"W of St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona.
Note: Located 0.3 miles northwest of Romero Springs at approximately Long. 109'28'W and lat. 34"27'N on the USGS St. Johns quadrangle of 1921.

Horizon: Bluewater Creek Formation, Lower Chinle Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Adamanian, Latest Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

UCMP: 5 dorsal centra.

Note: HUNT, LUCAS, HECKERT, SULLIVAN & LOCKLEY, 1998 state these vertebrae are Herrerasaurid but do not belong to Chindesaurus.

Locality: Dinosaur Hollow, PEFO 085101 (PF 20, UCMP V84260), Just above Painted Desert Sandstone 2, Chinde Point N Area, Petrified Forest, Apache County, Arizona.

Horizon: Upper Petrified Forest Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Revueltian, Early Norian Substage, Early Norian Epoch, Middle Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

UCMP: 2 co-ossified sacral vertebrae, larger individual than holotype.

 

Locality: Chinde Point N2 (PF 18), about 8 m below Petrified Desert Sandstone 3, Petrified Forest, Apache County, Arizona.

Horizon: Upper Petrified Forest Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Revueltian, Early Norian Substage, Early Norian Epoch, Middle Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

PEFO 4849: Dorsal vertebra.

 

Locality: TMM Site 3, Quarry 3 (TMM Locality 31100), Howard County, Texas.

Horizon: “Pre-Tecovas Horizon”, Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

TMM 31100-523: Proximal portion of left femur.
Note: HUNT, LUCAS, HECKERT, SULLIVAN & LOCKLEY, 1998 believe this specimen to be dinosaurian but non diagnostic.

 

HUNT & LUCAS, 1989

Locality: Revuelto Creek, Locality NMMNH L000176, Secs, 9-10, 14-15, and 21-22, T10N, R33SE, Quay County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Bull Canyon Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Revueltian, Early Norian Substage, Early Norian Epoch, Middle Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

NMMNH P16658: Various centra including dorsals and caudals.

 

HUNT & LUCAS, 1998

Locality: NMMNH locality 134, East central New Mexico.

Horizon: Bull Canyon Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Revueltian, Early Norian Substage, Early Norian Epoch, Middle Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

NMMNH P-4415: Proximal end of a right femur.

IRMIS, NESBITT, PADIAN, SMITH, TURNER, WOODY & DOWNS, 2007

Locality: Site 3, Hayden Quarry (HQ), Ghost Ranch, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Petrified Forest Formation, Chinle Group.
(Petrified Forest Member, Chinle Formation).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Revueltian, Early Norian Substage, Early Norian Epoch, Middle Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

GR 226: Femur.

GR 226: Femur in posterior view.

 

MURRY, 1989

Locality: Kalgary/Home Creek Localities, SMU 120, 33’26”57’”N, 101’10”08’”W, head of Home (Homes; Holmes) Creek, Calgary 7.5’ Quadrangle, Crosby County, Texas.

Horizon: Dockum Formation, Dockum Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

PARKER & IRMIS, 2005

Locality: Giving Site (PFV 231), Petrified Forest National Monument, Apache County, Arizona.

Horizon: Petrified Forest Formation, Chinle Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Latest Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

PEFO 33982: Ilium fragments, a proximal femur and several vertebral centra.