Rule Canyon tracksite: Albian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontipodidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| trackway | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | El Paso |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 104.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 55.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 1774 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.2 - 100.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Dakota | Formation: | Muddy Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Colorado College | ||
| Database number: | 55202 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-28 13:18:14 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-28 13:18:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14666. | ETE | M. Matsukawa, M. G. Lockley, and A. P. Hunt. 1999. Three age groups of ornithopods inferred from footprints in the mid-Cretaceous Dakota Group, eastern Colorado, North America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 147:39-51 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |