Where: Bent County, Colorado (38.1° N, 103.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 60.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pajarito Formation (Dakota Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• 2 track-bearing layers; middle of exposed Pajarito section
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; sandstone and poorly lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, trace
Collected by Kukihara & Lockley in 2004–2005
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. Kukihara and M. G. Lockley. 2012. Fossil footprints from the Dakota Group (Cretaceous) John Martin Reservoir, Bent County, Colorado: New insights into the paleoecology of the Dinosaur Freeway. Cretaceous Research 33:165-182 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 154192: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.01.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Pterosauria indet. pterosaur | |
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