Whitehall tracksite: Late/Upper Triassic, New Jersey
collected by G. H. Cook
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Tridentipes ingens
(Hitchcock 1836)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Steropoides ingens | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Brontozoum sillimanium
(Hitchcock 1843)
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| recombined as Eubrontes sillimani | |||||||
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Brontozoum minusculum
(Hitchcock 1837)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Eubrontes minusculus | |||||||
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Brontozoum giganteum
(Hitchcock 1836)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Eubrontes giganteus | |||||||
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Grallator formosus
Hitchcock 1858
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Grallator tenuis | |||||||
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Grallator cursorius
Hitchcock 1858
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Grallator parallelus
(Hitchcock 1837)
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| synonym of Grallator cursorius | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Moyenisauropodidae
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Anomoepus intermedius
Hitchcock 1862
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Batrachopodidae
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Anisichnus gracilis
(Hitchcock 1845)
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| original and current combination Batrachopus gracilis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Jersey | County: | Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 41.0° North, 74.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.2° North, 19.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a fine-grained red sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | G. H. Cook |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91694 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-15 17:56:12 | Last modified: | 2023-06-15 11:18:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-15 17:56:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 19814 | ETE | W. Bock. 1952. Triassic reptilian tracks and trends of locomotive evolution. Journal of Paleontology 26(3):395-433 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 77283 | W. Bock. 1959. New eastern American Triassic fishes and Triassic correlations. Geological Center Research Studies 1:1-139 [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] |