Alabaster Box Mine tracksite: Norian, Colorado
collected by J. M. Parrish & M. G. Lockley 1983

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Lockley et al. 1996
tracks
Anomodontia
Pentasauropus sp. Ellenberger 1970
Lockley et al. 1996
Reptilia
Eosauropus cimarronensis Lockley et al. 2006
Lockley et al. 2006 1 specimen
CU-MWC 153.40
Prosauropoda indet. Huene 1920
Lockley et al. 1996
tracks: "Tetrasauropus or ?Otozoum"
? Pseudotetrasauropus sp. Ellenberger 1965
Lockley et al. 1996
Reptilia - Grallatoridae
Grallator sp. Hitchcock 1858
    = Grallator cursorius Hitchcock 1858
Lockley et al. 1996
    = cf. Grallator sp. Hitchcock 1858
Hunt and Lucas 2006
? Anchisauripus sp. Lull 1904
Conrad and Lockley 1986
Reptilia - Anomoepodidae
Anomoepodidae indet. Lull 1904
Lockley et al. 1996
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950
Lockley et al. 1996
    = cf. Brachychirotherium sp. Beurlen 1950
Hunt and Lucas 2006
Cheirotherium sp. Bruno 1839
    = Chirotherium lulli Bock 1952
Lockley et al. 1996
nomen dubium belonging to Chirotheriidae
Reptilia - Rotodactylidae
Rotodactylus sp. Peabody 1948
Reptilia
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911
Conrad and Lockley 1986
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
Lockley and Hunt 1995
orig. lungfish burrows, now prob. crayfish
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Colorado County:Mesa
Coordinates: 38.6° North, 108.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.1° North, 47.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:4626 feet
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chinle Member:Monitor Butte
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 5 m interval in upper part of formation, described as from low in the group just above the Shinarump Fm., probably from the (?) Monitor Butte Formation (Adamanian) by Hunt & Lucas 2007. Orig. incorrectly assigned to the Moenkopi Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:J. M. Parrish & M. G. Lockley Collection dates:1983
Metadata
Also known as:Gateway
Database number:55259
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Uhen Enterer:M. Carrano, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-10-03 20:22:46 Last modified:2021-04-27 13:35:43
Access level:the public Released:2005-10-03 20:22:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
56334. J. M. Parrish and M. G. Lockley. 1984. Dinosaur trackways from the Triassic of western Colorado. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 16(4):250 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

55941 K. L. Conrad and M. G. Lockley. 1986. Late Triassic archosaur tracksites from the American southwest. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), First International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, Abstracts with Program 13 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71350 K. L. Conrad and M. G. Lockley. 1986. Overview of Late Triassic ichnofaunas in the western USA. In M. G. Lockley (ed.), A Guide to Dinosaur Tracksites of the Colorado Plateau and American Southwest. University of Colorado at Denver Geology Department Magazine, Special Issue 12-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28147ETE R. Gaston, M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas and A. P. Hunt. 2003. Grallator-dominated fossil footprint assemblages and associated enigmatic footprints from the Chinle Group (Upper Triassic), Gateway area, Colorado. Ichnos 10:153-163 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65919 A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 2006. Late Triassic tetrapod tracks from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:221-225 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]
27985ETE A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 2007. Late Triassic tetrapod tracks of western North America. In S. G. Lucas & J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Triassic of the American West. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 40:215-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76668 H. Klein and S. G. Lucas. 2021. The Triassic Tetrapod Footprint Record. New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Bulletin 83:1-194 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
63566 M. G. Lockley. 1986. A Guide to Dinosaur Tracksites of the Colorado Plateau and American Southwest. University of Colorado at Denver Geology Department Magazine, Special Issue 1:1-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
61886 M. G. Lockley and A. P. Hunt. 1995. Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States xxi-338 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14750ETE M. G. Lockley, A. P. Hunt, R. Gaston and J. I. Kirkland. 1996. A trackway bonanza with mammal footprints from the Late Triassic of Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.):49A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
39735 M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas, and A. P. Hunt. 2006. Eosauropus, a new name for a Late Triassic track: further observations on the Late Triassic ichnogenus Tetrasauropus and related forms, with notes on the limits of interpretation. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:192-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]