Rainbow Bridge tracksite (Jurassic to of the United States)

Also known as Lake Powell

Where: San Juan County, Utah (37.1° N, 111.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.3° N, 39.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kayenta Formation (Glen Canyon Group), Sinemurian to Sinemurian (199.5 - 184.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 184778: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.03.2017

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Eubrontes sp. Hitchcock 1845 theropod
now at visitor center (?)