Ferry Farm tracksite (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Stafford County, Virginia (38.3° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 31.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Patuxent Formation (Potomac Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified sandstone

• "silica-cemented sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by R. Stanford, R. Weems, J. Bachman

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. Stanford, R. E. Weems, and M. G. Lockley. 2004. A new dinosaur ichnotaxon from the Lower Cretaceous Patuxent Formation of Maryland and Virginia. Ichnos 11:251-259 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69260: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Brontopodus birdi
Brontopodus birdi Farlow et al. 1989 sauropod
USNM PAL 603804, 603815, 603805
 Ornithischia - Tetrapodosauridae
Tetrapodosaurus borealis
Tetrapodosaurus borealis Sternberg 1932 ornithopod
USNM PAL 603807
 Ornithischia -
Hypsiloichnus marylandicus
Hypsiloichnus marylandicus Stanford et al. 2004 ornithopod
USNM PAL 603810
 Theropoda - Ornithomimipodidae
Ornithomimipus angustus
Ornithomimipus angustus Sternberg 1926 coelurosaur
USNM PAL 603803