Also known as Interstate 91

Where: Hartford County, Connecticut (41.7° N, 72.7° W: paleocoordinates 22.4° N, 19.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: East Berlin Formation (Meriden Group), Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• orig. described as Triassic; 2-3 strata with tracks in a narrow interval

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; micaceous, brown, red sandstone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by R. Nelson in 1963

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

Primary reference: R. H. Nelson. 1965. New locality for dinosaur tracks in Connecticut. Rocks and Minerals 40:5-7 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 46438: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.01.2005

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