Dinosaur National Monument tracksite 9: 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
Reptilia
- Gwyneddichniidae
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Gwyneddichnium sp.
Bock 1952
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1 specimen | |||||||||
DINO 15001 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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? Brachychirotherium sp.
Beurlen 1950
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1 specimen | |||||||||
DINO 15002 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Uintah |
Coordinates: | 40.4° 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: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: also assigned to Chinle Fm.; middle of "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: | UCD91-9, UCD Loc. 9, UCD 91-9 | ||
Database number: | 193020 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-05-03 16:31:55 | Last modified: | 2018-05-08 11:27:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-05-03 16:31:55 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
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] |