Also known as Lull 36
Where: Middlesex County, Connecticut (41.5° N, 72.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 18.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Portland Formation (Agawam Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified, gray sandstone and red shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by J. Barratt
Collection methods: salvage, surface (float),
• found as paving stone in Middletown, CT - originally derived from quarry
Primary reference: E. Hitchcock. 1841. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts xii-831 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 53033: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Ornithoidichnites tuberosus" = Grallator tuberosus, "Anchisauripus hitchcocki" = Grallator tenuis4, "Ornithoidichnites giganteus" = Eubrontes giganteus, "Ornithoidichnites sillimani n. sp." = Eubrontes sillimani1, "Eubrontes dananus n. sp." = Eubrontes sillimani3, "Ornithoidichnites cuneatus" = Eubrontes sillimani
"Ornithoidichnites tuberosus" = Grallator tuberosus Hitchcock 1836 theropod
"Ornithoidichnites giganteus" = Eubrontes giganteus Hitchcock 1836 theropod
"Ornithoidichnites cuneatus" = Eubrontes sillimani Hitchcock 1843 theropod | |
"Anisopus gracilis" = Batrachopus gracilis2, "Anisopus barrattii" = Batrachopus1, "Anisopus deweyanus" = Batrachopus deweyi1
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Ichnolites | |
Ornithoidichnites parvulus n. sp.
Ornithoidichnites parvulus n. sp. Hitchcock 1841 |