below Turners Falls, tracksite

US / MA

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below Turners Falls, tracksite is a fossil collection site in Franklin, Massachusetts, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Portland Formation, dated to the Hettangian to Sinemurian (201.4–192.9 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as fluvial-lacustrine indet. Documented finds include Grallator cursorius, Grallator tenuis, Grallator tuberosus, Eubrontes sillimani, Eubrontes giganteus, Eubrontes minusculus.

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Found Here

Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation: Portland
Geologic interval: Hettangian to Sinemurian
Age: 201.4–192.9 Ma
Depositional environment: fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Altitude: 36 meters
Recorded occurrences: 60

Locality notes

N bank of Connecticut River, just below Turner's Falls

Fossils found here

Grallator cursorius

Reptilia · Grallatoridae

Grallator tenuis

Reptilia · Grallatoridae

Grallator tuberosus

Reptilia · Grallatoridae

Eubrontes sillimani

Reptilia · Grallatoridae

Eubrontes giganteus

Reptilia · Grallatoridae

Eubrontes minusculus

Reptilia · Grallatoridae

Batrachopus deweyi

Reptilia · Batrachopodidae

Palamopus divaricans

Reptilia · Batrachopodidae

Batrachopus gracilis

Reptilia · Batrachopodidae

Anomoepus scambus

Ornithischia · Moyenisauropodidae

Eubrontes

Reptilia · Grallatoridae

Lagunculapes latus

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Sillimanius tetradactylus

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Sillimanius gracilior

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Platypterna deanii

Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Platypterna concamerata

Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Platypterna digitigrada

Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Trihamus elegans

Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Steropoides diversus

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Steropoides infelix

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Steropoides uncus

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Anomoepus lacertoideus

Ornithischia · Moyenisauropodidae

Plectropterna minitans

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Harpedactylus tenuissimus

Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Xiphopeza triplex

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Isocampe strata

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Amblypus dextratus

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Cunichnoides marsupialoideus

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Helcura anguinea

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Helcura littoralis

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Helcura surgens

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Plectropterna

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Harpedactylus gracilior

Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Triaenopus leptodactylus

Amphibia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Plectropterna gracilis

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Argoides minimus

Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Ancyropus heteroclitus

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Batrachopus

Reptilia · Batrachopodidae

Bifurculipes

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Sauropus barrattii

Reptilia · Sauropodidae

Toxichnus inaequalis

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Hoplichnus quadrupedans

NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 52996 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Coordinates: 42.61120, -72.55286

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