Also known as Pomona Pipe Products Co. clay pit
Where: Chatham County, North Carolina (35.6° N, 79.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 17.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pekin Formation (Chatham Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• "localized deposit" near middle of formation, about 40 m above "Pomona B" level
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, red claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: salvage, surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. E. Olsen and P. Huber. 1998. The oldest Late Triassic footprint assemblage from North America (Pekin Formation, Deep River basin, North Carolina, USA). Southeastern Geology 38(2):77-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55526: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.10.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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? Coelurosaurichnus sp. Huene 1941 saurischian | |
Apatopus lineatus Bock 1952 archosaur | |
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Brachychirotherium (Rigalites) sp. Beurlen 1950 archosaur
Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950 archosaur | |
Insecta | |
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Scoyenia sp. White 1929 |