Also known as Lake Gaillard, North Branford

Where: New Haven County, Connecticut (41.3° N, 72.8° W: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 19.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: East Berlin Formation (Meriden Group), Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collected by M. Thorpe in 1925-1928; reposited in the YPM

Collection methods: salvage, surface (float),

Primary reference: M. R. Thorpe. 1929. A new Triassic fossil field. The American Journal of Science, series 5 18(106):277-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 51260: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.06.2005

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