V3, locality 1, Dolores River Canyon (Triassic to of the United States)

Also known as Paradox Valley, Bedrock

Where: Montrose County, Colorado (38.3° N, 108.9° W: paleocoordinates 14.5° N, 47.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rock Point Formation (Chinle Group), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• ca. 30 ft. (10 m) below base of Wingate Sandstone, at top of "mudstone" unit

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, fine-grained, green, red sandstone

• "a thin (3-6 in. (5-10 cm)) resistant layer of red and green fine-grained sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Dubiel, Good, Parrish in 1968

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. F. Dubiel, S. C. Good, and J. M. Parrish. 1989. Sedimentology and paleontology of the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, Bedrock, Colorado. The Mountain Geologist 26(4):113-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 178454: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.05.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
"abundant isolated bones of various types of fish"
Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda -
? Tetrapoda indet.
? Tetrapoda indet. tetrapod
"some questionable tetrapod elements"