Dinosaur National Monument tracksite 6b: Norian - Rhaetian, Utah
collected by M. Lockley, K. Conrad, M. Paquette 1991–1992
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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? Chirotherium sp.
Kaup 1835
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| "Phytosaur tracks", UCD91-6, DINO 15110, 15111a, b | ||||||||||
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= ? Apatopus sp.
Baird 1957
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Lockley et al. 1992 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Uintah |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 109.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.7° North, 47.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Popo Agie | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: also assigned to Chinle Fm.; 3 levels spanning purple unit and upper red siltstone unit | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | 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),peel or thin section,field collection,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: | UCD91-6b, UCD Loc. 6b, UCD 91-6b | ||
| Database number: | 193014 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-05-03 16:23:55 | Last modified: | 2018-05-04 16:37:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-05-03 16:23:55 |
| 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] |