Rainbow Bridge tracksite: Sinemurian - Pliensbachian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| now at visitor center (?) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 111.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.3° North, 39.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early Jurassic |
| Stage: | Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 - Jurassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 199.5 - 184.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Glen Canyon | Formation: | Kayenta |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lake Powell | ||
| Database number: | 184778 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-03-22 16:46:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-03-22 16:46:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 78429. | M. G. Lockley, A. P. Hunt, C. A. Meyer, E. C. Rainforth, and R. J. Schultz. 1998. A survey of fossil footprint sites at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (western USA): a case study in documentation of trace fossil resources at a national preserve. Ichnos 5(3):177-211 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 61945 | T. C. Chidsey, D. A. Sprinkel, G. C. Willis and P. B. Anderson. 2000. Geologic lake guide along Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah-Arizona. In P. B. Anderson & D. A. Sprinkel (ed.), Geologic Road, Trail, and Lake Guides to Utah's Parks and Monuments. Utah Geological Association Publication 29:1-76 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 81455 | J. S. Tweet, V. L. Santucci, T. Connors and J. P. Kenworthy. 2012. Paleontological Resource Inventory and Monitoring: Northern Colorado Plateau Network. National Park Service Technical Report NPS/NCPN/NRTR—2012/585 xii-524 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 84543 | J. S. Tweet and V. L. Santucci. 2018. An inventory of non-avian dinosaurs from National Park Service areas. In S. G. Lucas & R. M. Sullivan (ed.), Fossil Record 6. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 79:703-730 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |