Harrisburg tracksite (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Utah (37.2° N, 113.4° W: paleocoordinates 7.7° N, 44.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Shinarump Formation (Chinle Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• upper part of Shinarump Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by J. Bird

Collection methods: surface (float), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. G. Lockley and A. R. C. Milner. 2006. Tetrapod tracksites from the Shinarump Formation (Chinle Group, Upper Triassic) of southwestern Utah. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:257-262 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194144: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria -
? Phytosauria indet. Jaeger 1828 archosaur
CU 149.1 / T 641