Tarporley: Early Triassic, United Kingdom
collected by P. G. Egerton 1824
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Chirotherium herculis n. sp.
Egerton 1839
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| A 3 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England | County: | West Cheshire |
| Coordinates: | 53.2° North, 2.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.7° North, 12.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.902 - 247.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mercia Mudstone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "rather higher in the Keuper than this at Storeton and Runcorn" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | P. G. Egerton | Collection dates: | 1824 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 164932 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-05 14:51:27 | Last modified: | 2022-10-13 13:29:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-05 14:51:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63086. | H. Girard. 1846. Über die Fährten vorweltlicher Thiere im Sandstein, insbesondere von Chirotherium [On the tracks of prehistoric animals in sandstone, especially Chirotherium]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1846:1-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 53921 | H. C. Beasley. 1904. Report on footprints from the Trias—Part I. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 73:219-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82858 | W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1974. A history and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British Isles. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 16:265-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 68227 | T. C. Winkler. 1886. Histoire de l’Ichnologie. Étude Ichnologique sur les Empreintes de Pas d’Animaux Fossiles, Suivie de la Description des Plaques à Impressions d’Animaux qui se Trouvent au Musée Teyler [History of Ichnology. Ichnological Study of Fossil Animal Footprints, Followed by the Description of Slabs with Animal Impressions found in Teyler’s Museum] iv-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |