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Southbury O & G Industries Quarry , New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)41.5069,-73.2442
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationConnecticut, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Southbury O & G Industries Quarry (lower)Huber P., LeTourneau P. M. (2006)Pomperaug - Casssandstone201.3 - 196.5 Ma
Early Jurassic
Southbury O & G Industries Quarry (upper)Huber P., LeTourneau P. M. (2006)Pomperaug - Casssandstone201.3 - 196.5 Ma
Early Jurassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Brachyphyllum sp.
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Brachyphyllum201.3 - 196.5 Ma
Early Jurassic
Reptilia
class
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia201.3 - 196.5 Ma
Early Jurassic
Batrachopus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Batrachopodidae : Batrachopus201.3 - 196.5 Ma
Early Jurassic
Grallator (Eubrontes) sp.
subgenus
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes)201.3 - 196.5 Ma
Early Jurassic
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda201.3 - 196.5 Ma
Early Jurassic

References

Huber P., LeTourneau P. M. (2006) Revised lithostratigraphy of the Norian–Hettangian Pomperaug rift basin, western Connecticut: resolving a century-old conflict in geological interpretation, The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37, 43-61
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