List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Gwyneddichniidae
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Gwyneddichnium majore
Bock 1952
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| YPM PU 21753, two pes prints | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Procolophonichnium sp.
Nopcsa 1923
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| YPM PU 21754, manus/pes set | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procolophonidae
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Hypsognathus fenneri
Gilmore 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| YPM PU 21752, natural mold of skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Passaic |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 74.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.4° North, 19.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chatham | Formation: | Passaic | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "upper" part of the formation; late Norian-Rhaetian (Sues et al. 2000); Newark Supergroup
Originally enterd group name >>Newark<< is replaced by >>Chatham<< since all Upper Triassic formations of the Newark Supergroup are assigned to the Chatham Group, according to Weems & Olsen (1997, GSA Bulletin 109(2)) (TL). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
| Collectors: | C. Laskowich | Collection dates: | 1974 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92107 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-30 07:25:13 | Last modified: | 2014-10-20 16:41:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-30 07:25:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31017. | D. Baird. 1986. Some Upper Triassic reptiles, footprints and an amphibian from New Jersey. The Mosasaur 3:125-153 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] |