Gary Gaulin tracksite, Holyoke: Hettangian, Massachusetts
collected by G. Gaulin, S. Dalman 1996–2000, 2002–2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Eubrontes sp.
Hitchcock 1845
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Grallator sp.
Hitchcock 1858
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Dalman 2005 | |||||||||
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Anchisauripus sp.
Lull 1904
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Moyenisauropodidae
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Anomoepus sp.
Hitchcock 1848
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17 individuals | |||||||||
| SSM 2006/29-1 through SSM 2006/29-25; GG8NC-HM | ||||||||||
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= Anomoepus lacertoideus
Hitchcock 1858
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Dalman and Weems 2013 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Acanthichnus sp.
Hitchcock 1858
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Dalman and Weems 2013 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| SSM 2006/29-23, SSM 2006/29-2 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Massachusetts | County: | Hampden |
| Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 72.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.9° North, 19.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Hettangian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Hettangian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Meriden | Formation: | East Berlin |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,current ripples,planar lamination mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine - large |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),peel or thin section,field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | G. Gaulin, S. Dalman | Collection dates: | 1996–2000, 2002–2004 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 55331 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-10 12:07:14 | Last modified: | 2021-09-09 16:26:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-10 12:07:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23479. | ETE | S. Dalman and P. Getty. 2003. A study of small dinosaur footprints (Anomoepus) from the Early Jurassic Gary Gaulin tracksite, Holyoke, MA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3, suppl.):44A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14828 | ETE | S. Dalman. 2005. A small ornithischian dinosaur footprint assemblage from the Early Jurassic, Holyoke, MA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):49A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 78032 | S. G. Dalman and R. E. Weems. 2013. A new look at morphological variation in the ichnogenus Anomoepus, with special reference to material from the Lower Jurassic Newark Supergroup: implications for ichnotaxonomy and ichnodiversity. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(1):67-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |