quarry opposite Smith's Ferry, tracksite (Jurassic of the United States)

Also known as South Hadley

Where: Hampden County, Massachusetts (42.3° N, 72.6° W: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 19.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; coarse-grained sandstone

• coarse sandstone with raindrops

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: C. H. Hitchcock. 1865. Appendix [B]. Descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet of Amherst College. In C. H. Hitchcock (ed.), Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863 43-96 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53026: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
"Brontozoum validum" = Grallator tuberosus
"Brontozoum validum" = Grallator tuberosus Hitchcock 1836 theropod