Also known as Canyonlands N.P.
Where: Utah (38.4° N, 109.9° W: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 48.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rock Point Formation (Chinle Group), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)
• top of bed just beneath the base of the Hite Member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, red siltstone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. G. Lucas, A. P. Hunt, and M. G. Lockley. 1995. Dinosaur footprint from the Upper Triassic Rock Point Formation of the Chinle Group, Canyonlands National Park. In V. L. Santucci & L. McClelland (eds.), National Park Service Natural Resources Publication Office Technical Report NPS/NRPO/NRTR-95/16. National Park Service Paleontological Research Volume 1:58-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 61845: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Grallator sp. Hitchcock 1858 theropod |