Manassas Sandstone

Manassas Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Carnian Age of the Triassic Period
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Virginia
Country United States

The Manassas Sandstone is a Carnian Stage sandstone geological formation in Virginia, United States.

The Carnian Stage is part of the Triassic System of the Mesozoic Erathem.

Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

See also

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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