Scott & Sons Quarry tracksite, Goldsboro (USNM): Norian, Pennsylvania
collected by Wanner 1887
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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? Rhynchosauroides sp.
Maidwell 1911
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Olsen and Baird 1986 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Batrachopodidae
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Anisichnus gracilis
(Hitchcock 1845)
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Hitchcock 1889 | |||||||||
original and current combination Batrachopus gracilis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Parasuchidae
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? Apatopus sp.
Baird 1957
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Olsen and Baird 1986 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Moyenisauropodidae
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Anomoepus gracillimus
(Hitchcock 1844)
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Hitchcock 1889 | |||||||||
synonym of Anomoepus scambus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Atreipus milfordensis
(Bock 1952)
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Baird 1957 | |||||||||
synonym of Grallator tuberosus | ||||||||||
USNM (lost) | ||||||||||
Brontozoum sillimanium
(Hitchcock 1843)
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Hitchcock 1889 | |||||||||
recombined as Eubrontes sillimani | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Scoyenia sp.
White 1929
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Olsen and Baird 1986 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania | County: | York |
Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 76.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 14.6° North, 21.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Altitude: | 93 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
Key time interval: | Norian | ||
Age range of interval: | 228.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Chatham | Formation: | Gettysburg | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 4120 m above the base of the New Oxford Formation and 2850 m below the Heidlersbury Member or the Gettysburg Formation; 3 horizons within a 37-inch thickness; Gettysburg section |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
Degree of concentration: | -multiple events |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
Collectors: | Wanner | Collection dates: | 1887 |
Metadata
Database number: | 55413 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-10-20 11:32:23 | Last modified: | 2023-06-14 15:47:47 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-20 11:32:23 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15285. | ETE | A. Wanner. 1889. The discovery of fossil tracks, algae, etc., in the Triassic of York county, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geological Survey Annual Report 1887:21-35 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
63742 | Anonymous. 1937. Quarry gives up dinosaur foot prints after millions of years. Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs Monthly Bulletin 4(3):12-15 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
12444 | ETE | D. Baird. 1957. Triassic reptile footprint faunules from Milford, New Jersey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 117(5):449-520 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
30910 | ETE | C. H. Hitchcock. 1889. Recent progress in ichnology. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 24(8):117-127 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
53039 | B. S. Lyman. 1895. Report on the New Red in Bucks and Montgomery counties. Pennsylvania State Geological Summary Final Report 3(2):2589-2638 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14907 | ETE | P. E. Olsen and D. Baird. 1986. The ichnogenus Atreipus and its significance for Triassic biostratigraphy. In: K. Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Changes Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 61-87 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
35183 | V. L. Santucci and A. P. Hunt. 1995. Late Triassic Dinosaur Tracks Reinterpreted at Gettysburg National Military Park. Park Science 15(2):9 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska] | |
85047 | D. B. Weishampel and L. Young. 1996. Dinosaurs of the East Coast xiii-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |