Where: Hunterdon County, New Jersey (40.6° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 20.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Perkasie Member (Passaic Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• originally upper part of Brunswick Formation, equivalent to Middle Keuper; 5100 m above base of Triassic
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray shale and gray sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by S. Clark, J. Eyerman in 1885-1887; reposited in the AMNH, MCZ
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
• collected by John Eyerman
Primary reference: J. Eyerman. 1886. Footprints on the Triassic sandstone (Jura-Trias) of New Jersey. The American Journal of Science, series 3 31(181):72 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 46622: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
"Otozoum parvum n. sp." = Brachychirotherium parvum4, "Chirotherium copei n. sp." = Brachychirotherium parvum2, "Chirotherium eyermani n. sp." = Brachychirotherium eyermani1
"Otozoum parvum n. sp." = Brachychirotherium parvum4 Hitchcock 1889 archosaur LC S488; MCZ 211; ANSP 15210 + MCZ 209-210 + AMNH 2257
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"? Otozoum lineatus n. sp." = Apatopus lineatus2 Bock 1952 archosaur LC S489-490; MCZ 213-214; AMNH 1789, 2258-9
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"Gigandipus milfordensis n. sp." = Grallator tuberosus2, "Anchisauripus milfordensis" = Grallator tuberosus1, "Anchisauripus parallelus" = Grallator cursorius1
"Gigandipus milfordensis n. sp." = Grallator tuberosus2 Hitchcock 1836 theropod LC S488; MCZ 135, 229; AMNH 1981, 1984
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"Chimaerichnus ingens n. sp." = Sauropus ingens4
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"Argozoum disparidigitatum" = Argoides macrodactylus4
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unclassified | |
? Arthropoda indet.1 Latreille 1829
Annelida indet.1 Lamarck 1809 | |
"Unisulcus magnus" = Herpystezoum4, "Unisulcus minutus" = Herpystezoum3, "Unisulcus marshi" = Herpystezoum3
"Unisulcus magnus" = Herpystezoum4
"Unisulcus minutus" = Herpystezoum3
"Unisulcus marshi" = Herpystezoum3 |