Little Falls Creek tracksite (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Little Falls Run

Where: Stafford County, Virginia (38.3° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 31.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Patuxent Formation (Potomac Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified sandstone

• "silica-cemented sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by R. Weems, J. Bachman

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. E. Weems and J. M. Bachman. 2015. The Lower Cretaceous Patuxent Formation ichnofauna of Virginia. Ichnos 22(3–4):209-219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182635: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontipodidae
Amblydactylus gethingi
Amblydactylus gethingi Sternberg 1932 ornithopod
USNM PAL 603813
 Ornithischia - Tetrapodosauridae
Tetrapodosaurus borealis
Tetrapodosaurus borealis Sternberg 1932 ornithopod