Where: Mesa County, Colorado (38.9° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 48.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wingate Sandstone Formation (Glen Canyon Group), Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)
• top of formation near contact with Kayenta
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. P. Hunt, M. G. Lockley, K. Hups and R. J. Schultze. 1995. Jurassic vertebrate paleontology of Cactus Park, west-central Colorado. Geological Society of America Abstracts-with-Programs 27(4):15 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 183639: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.01.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Grallator sp. Hitchcock 1858 theropod
Eubrontes sp. Hitchcock 1845 theropod |