Also known as Ames
Where: Pennsylvania (40.3° N, 75.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° N, 21.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: NN/OO Member (Passaic Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• early Rhaetian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; brown, red siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. M. Silvestri and M. J. Szajna. 1993. Biostratigraphy of vertebrate footprints in the Late Triassic section of the Newark Basin, Pennsylvania: reassessment of stratigraphic ranges. In S. G. Lucas and M. Morales (eds.), The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3:439-445 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62767: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Grallator sp. Hitchcock 1858 theropod | |
Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950 archosaur |