Dinosaur National Monument tracksite 6b (Triassic to of the United States)

Also known as UCD91-6b, UCD Loc. 6b, UCD 91-6b

Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.5° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.7° N, 47.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Popo Agie Formation, Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• also assigned to Chinle Fm.; 3 levels spanning purple unit and upper red siltstone unit

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by M. Lockley, K. Conrad, M. Paquette in 1991–1992

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. G. Lockley, K. L. Conrad, and M. Paquette. 1991. Distribution and significance of Mesozoic vertebrate trace fossils in Dinosaur National Monument. University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center Annual Report 15(16):85-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 193014: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.05.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
? Apatopus sp. Baird 1957 archosaur
"Phytosaur tracks", UCD91-6, DINO 15110, 15111a, b