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Clayton Lake tracksite , Union County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)36.5748,-103.298
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationNew Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Union County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Clayton Lake tracksite (Mesa Rica Sandstone)Lucas S. G., Heckert A. B., et al (2000)Dakota - Mesa Rica Sandstonesandstone113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Clayton Lake tracksite (Pajarito Formation)Thomas D. A., Gillette D. D. (1985)Dakota - Pajarito3 footprint-bearing horizonssandstone113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Amblydactylus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontidae : Amblydactylus113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Caririchnium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontipodidae : Caririchnium113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ornithopoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ornithopoda113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pterosauria
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Irenichnites gracilis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Ornithomimipodidae : Irenichnites : Irenichnites gracilis113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Magnoavipes sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Ornithomimipodidae : Magnoavipes113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Grallator (Eubrontes) sp.
subgenus
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes)113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Thomas D. A., Gillette D. D. (1985) Ornithopod and theropod ichnofauna in the Dakota Formation, Clayton Lake State Park, northeastern New Mexico, Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section, Abstracts with Programs 17 4, 267
Lucas S. G., Hunt A. P., et al (1989) Stratigraphy and age of Cretaceous dinosaur footprints in northeastern New Mexico and northwestern Oklahoma, Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 217-221
Gillette D. D., Thomas D. A. (1989) Problematical tracks and traces of Late Albian (Early Cretaceous) age, Clayton Lake State Park, New Mexico, USA, Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 337-342
Lucas S. G., Heckert A. B., et al (2000) Cretaceous dinosaurs in New Mexico, Dinosaurs of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17, 83-90
Lockley M. G., Holbrook J., et al (2006) An ankylosaur-dominated dinosaur tracksite in the Cretaceous Dakota Group of Colorado: paleoenvironmental and sequence stratigraphic context, Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, 95-104
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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