Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.4° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 46.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nugget Sandstone Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.3 Ma)
• base of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collected by M. Lockley & A. Hunt
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: B. B. Britt, D. J. Chure, G. F. Engelmann and J. D. Shumway. 2016. Rise of the erg—paleontology and paleoenvironments of the Triassic-Jurassic transition in northeastern Utah. Geology of the Intermountain West 3:1-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 184625: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950 archosaur |