Devil's Kitchen tracksite (NMMNH L-6762): Rhaetian, Colorado
collected by NPS
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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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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? Grallator sp.
Hitchcock 1858
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Tweet et al. 2012 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado |
Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 108.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 17.6° North, 47.9° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 - 201.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Glen Canyon | Formation: | Wingate Sandstone | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 3 m above base |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | interdune |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,trace |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | NPS |
Metadata
Also known as: | NMMNH Loc. 6762, Colorado National Monument | ||
Database number: | 192942 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-04-27 16:11:51 | Last modified: | 2022-04-26 11:15:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-04-27 16:11:51 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
81455 | J. S. Tweet, V. L. Santucci, T. Connors and J. P. Kenworthy. 2012. Paleontological Resource Inventory and Monitoring: Northern Colorado Plateau Network. National Park Service Technical Report NPS/NCPN/NRTR—2012/585 xii-524 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |