Summerville Formation
| Summerville Formation Stratigraphic range: Middle Jurassic | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Southwestern United States |
| Country | United States |
The Summerville Formation is a geological formation in New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah of the Southwestern United States. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.[1]
Vertebrate fauna
Dinosaurs
Theropod tracks geographically located in Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado, USA.[1]
| Ornithodires reported from the Summerville Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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D. viaemalae[1] |
Geographically located in Utah, USA.[1] |
"Scapula, ulna, partial radius, [and] partial manus."[2] |
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Indeterminate |
Geographically located in New Mexico, USA.[1] |
Later found to be indeterminate sauropod remains.[1] | ||||
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P. saltwashensis[3] |
Geographically present in Arizona.[3] |
Includes the P. saltwashensis type locale.[3] Specimens housed at the University of Utah.[3] These tracks may actually be from the Morrison Formation.[3] | ||||
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Indeterminate |
Geographically present in Arizona, near Summerville.[3] Also present in Colorado (Cactus Park, Furnish Canyon, Colorado National Monument) and Utah (Delmonte Mines, Starr Springs, Flaming Gorge, Ferron, Moab, Duchesne County).[3] |
Summerville, Furnish Canyon, Cactus Park, Delmonte Mines, Starr Springs, Ferron, and Moab specimens are housed in the University of Colorado's Dinosaur Tracks Museum in Denver.[3] The Flaming Gorge and Colorado National Monument tracks remains in the field.[3] Ferron specimens are also housed at the University of Utah.[3] | ||||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Geologic formations of the United States
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 537–538. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 261.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612-4138.