Little Falls Creek tracksite: Aptian, Virginia
collected by R. Weems, J. Bachman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Iguanodontipodidae
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Amblydactylus gethingi
Sternberg 1932
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nomen dubium belonging to Amblydactylus | ||||||||||
USNM PAL 603813 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Tetrapodosauridae
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Tetrapodosaurus borealis
Sternberg 1932
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1 individual | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Stafford |
Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 77.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 31.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "silica-cemented sandstone" | |
Environment: | delta plain |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Fragmentation: | none |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | R. Weems, J. Bachman |
Metadata
Also known as: | Little Falls Run | ||
Database number: | 182635 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-11-15 16:27:50 | Last modified: | 2016-11-15 16:27:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-15 16:27:50 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
60832. | R. E. Weems and J. M. Bachman. 2015. The Lower Cretaceous Patuxent Formation ichnofauna of Virginia. Ichnos 22(3–4):209-219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |