Standard Coal Company mine tracksite: Campanian, Utah
collected by W. Peterson, C. Strevell, W. Wilson 1924, 1927
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Strevell 1930 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
at least two types; possibly ankylosaur & ornithopod | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Deinodontidae indet.
(Brown 1914)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
ID by W. D. Matthew | ||||||||||
= Dinosauropodes wilsoni
Lull 1932
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Strevell 1932 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Carbon |
Coordinates: | 39.7° North, 110.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.3° North, 80.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Mesaverde | Formation: | Castlegate | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "upper vein" in mine; lower part of Group. "Castlegate A and B coals" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | coal |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Associated major elements: | some |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | W. Peterson, C. Strevell, W. Wilson | Collection dates: | 1924, 1927 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Standardville, No. 3 mine | ||
Database number: | 71435 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-04-25 11:56:50 | Last modified: | 2017-09-06 17:00:12 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-25 11:56:50 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29231. | ETE | W. Peterson. 1924. Dinosaur tracks in the roofs of coal mines: a strange phenomenon noted in Utah and Colorado. Natural History 24(3):388-391 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
32235 | L. Parker and J. Balsley. 1989. Coal mines as localities for studying trace fossils. In D. D. Gillette & M. G. Lockley (ed.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, Cambridge University Press 353-359 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] | |
24152 | ETE | C. N. Strevell. 1930. Dinosaur footprints from Carbon and Grand County, Utah: Strevell Collection, Salt Lake City. 1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
55933 | C. N. Strevell. 1932. Dinosauropodes. 1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
61453 | W. D. Wilson. 1969. Footprints in the sands of time. Gems and Minerals 381:25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |