Mike's Mesa tracksite (Kayenta) (Jurassic to of the United States)

Also known as GCNRA

Where: San Juan County, Utah (37.3° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 20.5° N, 49.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kayenta Formation (Glen Canyon Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 182.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, bioturbated, gray, green sandstone

• "bioturbated gray-greenish sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by M. Lockley in 1992

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: M. G. Lockley, A. P. Hunt, C. A. Meyer, E. C. Rainforth, and R. J. Schultz. 1998. A survey of fossil footprint sites at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (western USA): a case study in documentation of trace fossil resources at a national preserve. Ichnos 5(3):177-211 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 222900: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.10.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Eubrontes sp. Hitchcock 1845 theropod