Kolob Canyon District tracksite (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as Zion N.P., Kolob Canyons

Where: Washington County, Utah (37.2° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 39.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moenkopi Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• "below the Virgin Limestone Member"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: V. L. Santucci, A. P. Hunt, T. Nyborg and J. P. Kenworthy. 2006. Additional fossil vertebrate tracks in National Park Service Areas. In S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, P. M. Hester, J. P. Kenworthy, & V. L. Santucci (eds.), Fossils from Federal Lands. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 34:152-158 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 105542: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 22.02.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
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Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
? Eubrontes sp. Hitchcock 1845 theropod
Grallator sp. Hitchcock 1858 theropod
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
? Therapsida indet. Broom 1905 therapsid