quarry west of Middletown, tracksite: Hettangian - Sinemurian, Connecticut
collected by J. Barratt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Ornithoidichnites sillimani n. sp.
Hitchcock 1843
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Hitchcock 1848 | ||||||
recombined as Eubrontes sillimani | |||||||
Ornithoidichnites cuneatus
(Hitchcock 1837)
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synonym of Eubrontes sillimani | |||||||
Eubrontes dananus n. sp.
Hitchcock 1845
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Lull 1904 | ||||||
synonym of Eubrontes sillimani | |||||||
Ornithoidichnites giganteus
(Hitchcock 1836)
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recombined as Eubrontes giganteus | |||||||
Ornithoidichnites tuberosus
(Hitchcock 1836)
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recombined as Grallator tuberosus | |||||||
Anchisauripus hitchcocki
Lull 1904
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Lull 1953 | ||||||
synonym of Grallator tenuis | |||||||
Reptilia
- Batrachopodidae
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Anisopus gracilis
(Hitchcock 1845)
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Hitchcock 1865 | 1 specimen | |||||
original and current combination Batrachopus gracilis | |||||||
Anisopus barrattii
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Hitchcock 1848 | 2 specimens | |||||
synonym of Batrachopus | |||||||
Anisopus deweyanus
(Hitchcock 1843)
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Hitchcock 1848 | ||||||
recombined as Batrachopus deweyi | |||||||
Ichnolites
- Dipodichnites
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Ornithoidichnites parvulus n. sp.
Hitchcock 1841
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Connecticut | County: | Middlesex |
Coordinates: | 41.5° North, 72.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 23.2° North, 18.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Altitude: | 33 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
Key time interval: | Hettangian - Sinemurian | ||
Age range of interval: | 201.30000 - 190.80000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray lithified sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | red "shale" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: hard gray 'grit' and red 'shale' | |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,trace |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,surface (float),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collectors: | J. Barratt |
Collection method comments: found as paving stone in Middletown, CT - originally derived from quarry |
Metadata
Also known as: | Lull 36 | ||
Database number: | 53033 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-09-01 14:10:16 | Last modified: | 2019-07-15 16:29:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-01 14:10:16 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
69420. | E. Hitchcock. 1841. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts xii-831 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
30862 | ETE | C. H. Hitchcock. 1865. Appendix [B]. Descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet of Amherst College. In C. H. Hitchcock (ed.), Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863 43-96 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
30909 | E. Hitchcock. 1848. An attempt to discriminate and describe the animals that made the fossil footmarks of the United States, and especially of New England. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, new series 3:129-256 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
29531 | ETE | E. Hitchcock. 1858. Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially its Fossil Footmarks, Made to the Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts xii-214 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
15230 | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1904. Fossil footprints of the Jura-Trias of North America. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 5(11):461-557 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
14628 | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1915. Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley. State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 24:1-285 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
14321 | ETE | R. S. Lull. 1953. Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley (revised). State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 81:1-336 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |