Lost Spring Wash tracksite: Kimmeridgian, Utah
collected by J. Robinson 1992

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Brontopodus sp. Farlow et al. 1989
1 individual
2 probably consecutive tracks
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Garfield
Coordinates: 37.7° North, 110.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.5° North, 56.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:1300 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval: 154.8 - 149.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Morrison Member:Salt Wash
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: near middle of member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow sandstone
Secondary lithology:paleosol/pedogenic,fine,red siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "buff coloured channel sandstone sitting on fine grained red sitstones"
Environment:"channel"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,trace
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:J. Robinson Collection dates:1992
Metadata
Also known as:Bullfrog, Lost Springs
Database number:62207
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-07-14 13:00:56 Last modified:2021-12-15 13:04:51
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-14 13:00:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17977.ETE C. A. Meyer, M. G. Lockley, J. W. Robinson and V. F. Santos. 1995. A comparison of well-preserved sauropod tracks from the Late Jurassic of Portugal and the western United States: evidence and implications. In M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, C. A. Meyer, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:57-64 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

65425 J. R. Foster, M. G. Lockley, and J. Brockett. 1999. Possible turtle tracks from the Morrison Formation of southern Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:185-191 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65404 J. R. Foster and M. G. Lockley. 2006. The vertebrate ichnological record of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, North America). In J. R. Foster, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:203-216 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65442 A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 2006. Tetrapod ichnofacies of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, western United States. In J. R. Foster, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:217-222 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
51114 M. G. Lockley, J. R. Foster, and A. P. Hunt. 1998. A short summary of dinosaur tracks and other fossil footprints from the Morrison Formation. In K. Carpenter, D. J. Chure, and J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: An Interdisciplinary Study. Modern Geology 23(1–4):277-290 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
61886 M. G. Lockley and A. P. Hunt. 1995. Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States xxi-338 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
78889 M. Romano and M. A. Whyte. 2012. Information on the foot morphology, pedal skin texture and limb dynamics of sauropods: evidence from the ichnological record of the Middle Jurassic of the Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire, UK. Zubía 30:45-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
35018ETE V. L. Santucci and J. I. Kirkland. 2010. An Overview of National Park Service Paleontological Resources from the Parks and Monuments in Utah. In D. A. Sprinkel, T. C. Chidsey, P. B. Anderson (eds.), Utah Geological Association Publication 28 (third edition) 28:589-623 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska/M. Oreska]