Hassac's Creek, Upper Milford, Conewago Hills: Norian, Pennsylvania
collected by J. Y. Shelley, I. Lea 1847
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania | County: | Lehigh |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 75.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.0° North, 20.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chatham | Formation: | Passaic | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower Passaic Formation according to Olsen (1988: Paleoecology and Paleoenvironments of the Continental Early Mesozoic Newark Supergroup of Eastern North America: In ed. W. Manspeizer, Triassic-Jurassic Rifting and the opening of the Atlantic Ocean, Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 185-230.) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. Y. Shelley, I. Lea | Collection dates: | 1847 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 107423 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-04-07 23:51:10 | Last modified: | 2019-07-12 13:44:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-07 23:51:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35758. | I. Lea. 1851. Remarks on the bones of a fossil reptilian quadruped. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5:171-172 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 69390 | E. Emmons. 1856. Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina xx-351 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 12955 | ETE | A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1989. New genotype designations for the phytosaurs Mystriosuchus and Rutiodon with a discussion of the taxonomic status of Mystriosuchus, Clepsysaurus and Rutiodon. In S. G. Lucas and A. P. Hunt (eds.), Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque 340-348 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 35755 | I. Lea. 1851. [Remarks on Clepsysaurus pennsylvanicus]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18:205 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 62805 | S. A. Miller. 1879. North American Mesozoic and Caenozoic geology and paleontology. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 2(3):140-161 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |