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
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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 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Deinodontidae indet.
(Brown 1914)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ID by W. D. Matthew | ||||||||||
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= 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] |