Dinosaur National Monument tracksite 8: Rhaetian, Utah
collected by M. Lockley, K. Conrad, M. Paquette 1991–1992
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Brachychirotherium sp.
Beurlen 1950
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1 specimen | |||||||||
DINO 15000 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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? Grallator sp.
Hitchcock 1858
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Lucas et al. 2006 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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? Eosauropus sp.
Lockley et al. 2006
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Lucas et al. 2006 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Uintah |
Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 109.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 19.1° North, 48.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
Stage: | Rhaetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
Key time interval: | Rhaetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 208.50000 - 201.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Glen Canyon | Formation: | Navajo-Nugget Sandstone | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 7 m above base |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | siltstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | trace |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),peel or thin section,observed (not collected) | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | M. Lockley, K. Conrad, M. Paquette | Collection dates: | 1991–1992 |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCD91-8, UCD Loc. 8, UCD 91-8 | ||
Database number: | 192941 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-04-27 16:04:48 | Last modified: | 2018-07-24 16:34:32 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-04-27 16:04:48 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
59355. | M. G. Lockley, K. L. Conrad, and M. Paquette. 1991. Distribution and significance of Mesozoic vertebrate trace fossils in Dinosaur National Monument. University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center Annual Report 15(16):85-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
65639 | M. G. Lockley. 2006. Observations on the ichnogenus Gwyneddichium and Gwyneddichium-like footprints and trackways from the Upper Triassic of the western United States. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:170-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner] | |
65643 | M. G. Lockley, K. L. Conrad, M. Paquette and A. H. Hamblin. 1992. Late Triassic vertebrate tracks in the Dinosaur National Monument area. Field Guide to Geologic Excursions in Utah and Adjacent Areas of Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 92-3:383-390 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
65483 | S. G. Lucas, M. G. Lockley, A. P. Hunt and L. H. Tanner. 2006. Biostratigraphic significance of tetrapod footprints from the Triassic-Jurassic Wingate Sandstone on the Colorado Plateau. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, & J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:109-117 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |