Cosner Park tracksite: Aptian, Virginia
collected by R. Weems, J. Bachman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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aff. Emydhipus sp.
Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2003
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Reptilia
- Tetrapodosauridae
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Tetrapodosaurus borealis
Sternberg 1932
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| USNM PAL 603XXX, 603809 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontipodidae
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Caririchnium leonardii
Lockley 1987
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Hadrosauropodus leonardii | ||||||||||
| USNM PAL 603812 | ||||||||||
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Amblydactylus gethingi
Sternberg 1932
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Amblydactylus | ||||||||||
| USNM PAL 603814 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Gypsichnites pacensis
Sternberg 1932
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM PAL 603811 | ||||||||||
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Brontopodus birdi
Farlow et al. 1989
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM PAL 603806 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia | County: | Spotsylvania |
| 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: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | crevasse splay |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | R. Weems, J. Bachman |
Metadata
| Database number: | 97942 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Oreska, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-09-09 08:03:43 | Last modified: | 2016-11-15 16:33:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-09-09 08:03:43 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 50085 | B. A. Swanson, V. L. Santucci, S. K. Madsen, A. S. Elder, and J. P. Kenworthy. 2005. Arches National Park paleontological survey. Geological Resources Division Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-05/01 1-36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |