north shore, Minas Basin tracksite: Early/Lower Hettangian, Canada
collected by E. George, R. Grantham 1985
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Otozoidae
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Otozoum sp.
Hitchcock 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NSM | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nova Scotia | County: | Cumberland |
| Coordinates: | 45.4° North, 64.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.4° North, 13.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Hettangian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Hettangian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Meriden | Formation: | McCoy Brook |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | quartzose,red wackestone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red quartz wackes and siltstones" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | E. George, R. Grantham | Collection dates: | 1985 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 146189 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-18 05:35:28 | Last modified: | 2015-07-29 13:50:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-06-18 05:35:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55939. | R. G. Grantham. 1986. Dinosaur tracks and mega-flutes in the Jurassic of Nova Scotia. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), First International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, Abstracts with Program 14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 47227 | R. G. Grantham. 1989. Dinosaur tracks and mega-flutes in the Jurassic of Nova Scotia. In D. D. Gillette & M. G. Lockley (ed.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces 281-284 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |