Also known as Paradox Valley, Bedrock

Where: Montrose County, Colorado (38.3° N, 108.9° W: paleocoordinates 14.5° N, 47.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rock Point Formation (Chinle Group), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• ca. 65 ft. (20 m) below base of Wingate Sandstone and at base of main lacustine sequence

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; red, silty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Dubiel, Good, Parrish in 1968

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: R. F. Dubiel, S. C. Good, and J. M. Parrish. 1989. Sedimentology and paleontology of the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, Bedrock, Colorado. The Mountain Geologist 26(4):113-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 178453: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.05.2016

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