Scott & Sons Quarry tracksite, Goldsboro (USNM): Norian, Pennsylvania
collected by Wanner 1887
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Moyenisauropodidae
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Anomoepus gracillimus
(Hitchcock 1844)
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Hitchcock 1889 | |||||||||
| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Atreipus milfordensis
(Bock 1952)
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Baird 1957 | |||||||||
| synonym of Grallator tuberosus | ||||||||||
| USNM (lost) | ||||||||||
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Brontozoum sillimanium
(Hitchcock 1843)
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Hitchcock 1889 | |||||||||
| recombined as Eubrontes sillimani | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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? Apatopus sp.
Baird 1957
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Olsen and Baird 1986 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Batrachopodidae
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Anisichnus gracilis
(Hitchcock 1845)
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Hitchcock 1889 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Batrachopus gracilis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Rhynchosauroides sp.
Maidwell 1911
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Olsen and Baird 1986 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Scoyenia sp.
White 1929
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Olsen and Baird 1986 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania | County: | York |
| Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 76.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.6° North, 21.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 93 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Geological group: | Chatham | Formation: | Gettysburg | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 4120 m above the base of the New Oxford Formation and 2850 m below the Heidlersbury Member or the Gettysburg Formation; 3 horizons within a 37-inch thickness; Gettysburg section | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Degree of concentration: | -multiple events |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | Wanner | Collection dates: | 1887 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 55413 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-20 11:32:23 | Last modified: | 2023-06-14 15:47:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-20 11:32:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15285. | ETE | A. Wanner. 1889. The discovery of fossil tracks, algae, etc., in the Triassic of York county, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geological Survey Annual Report 1887:21-35 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 63742 | Anonymous. 1937. Quarry gives up dinosaur foot prints after millions of years. Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs Monthly Bulletin 4(3):12-15 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 12444 | ETE | D. Baird. 1957. Triassic reptile footprint faunules from Milford, New Jersey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 117(5):449-520 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 30910 | ETE | C. H. Hitchcock. 1889. Recent progress in ichnology. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 24(8):117-127 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 53039 | B. S. Lyman. 1895. Report on the New Red in Bucks and Montgomery counties. Pennsylvania State Geological Summary Final Report 3(2):2589-2638 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14907 | ETE | P. E. Olsen and D. Baird. 1986. The ichnogenus Atreipus and its significance for Triassic biostratigraphy. In: K. Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Changes Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 61-87 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
| 35183 | V. L. Santucci and A. P. Hunt. 1995. Late Triassic Dinosaur Tracks Reinterpreted at Gettysburg National Military Park. Park Science 15(2):9 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska] | |
| 85047 | D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast xiii-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |