Trachyte Point tracksite: Smithian - Spathian, Utah
collected by Lockley, Hunt, & Schultz 1993

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Limulidae indet. Leach 1819
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Kane
Coordinates: 37.8° North, 110.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.4° North, 36.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
Stage:Olenekian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Smithian - Spathian
Age range of interval:251.20000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Moenkopi
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
Collectors:Lockley, Hunt, & Schultz Collection dates:1993
Metadata
Database number:222905
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-10-28 14:14:08 Last modified:2021-10-28 14:14:08
Access level:the public Released:2021-10-28 14:14:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]