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Roswell Field's Orchard, Gill

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Roswell Field's Orchard, Gill 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 tuberosus, Grallator tenuis, Eubrontes sillimani, Eubrontes minusculus, Anomoepus scambus.

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Fossil

Geologic setting

Formation
Portland
Geologic interval
Hettangian to Sinemurian
Age
201.4–192.9 Ma
Depositional environment
fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Altitude
79 meters
Recorded occurrences
50
Locality notes

orchard of Mr. Roswell Field, on N bank of Connecticut River, 3 mi upstream from Turner's Falls, about 100 m W of Barton's Island (now submerged). Location obtained from old map of Gill indicating homestead of R. Field = 42.608205° N, 72.536990° W

Fossils found here

Grallator cursorius
Reptilia · Grallatoridae
Grallator tuberosus
Reptilia · Grallatoridae
Grallator tenuis
Reptilia · Grallatoridae
Eubrontes sillimani
Reptilia · Grallatoridae
Eubrontes minusculus
Reptilia · Grallatoridae
Anomoepus scambus
Ornithischia · Moyenisauropodidae
Sauropus barrattii
Reptilia · Sauropodidae
Anomoepus major
Ornithischia · Moyenisauropodidae
Batrachopus gracilis
Reptilia · Batrachopodidae
Eubrontes platypus
Reptilia · Grallatoridae
Eubrontes lyellii
Reptilia · Grallatoridae
Plectropterna gracilis
Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Plectropterna angusta
Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Plectropterna lineans
Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Batrachopus deweyi
Reptilia · Batrachopodidae
Batrachopus bellus
Reptilia · Batrachopodidae
Platypterna digitigrada
Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Platypterna concamerata
Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Bisulcus undulatus
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Herpystezoum
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Batrachopus
Reptilia · Batrachopodidae
Coniferophyta
Coniferophyta
Cunicularius
NO_CLASS_SPECIFIED · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Anomoepus lacertoideus
Ornithischia · Moyenisauropodidae
Plectropterna minitans
Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Anomoepus
Ornithischia · Moyenisauropodidae
Xiphopeza triplex
Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Argoides minimus
Saurischia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Eubrontes fieldi
Reptilia · Grallatoridae
Helcura caudata
Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Plantae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 52987 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Coordinates: 42.60916, -72.53555

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