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Sand Canyon tracksite, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)36.9953,-102.983
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationOklahoma, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Sand Canyon tracksiteMatsukawa M., Lockley M. G., et al (1999)Dakota - Mesa Rica Sandstoneuppermost layers of the Mesa Rica Sandstone Formationsandstone113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Caririchnium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontipodidae : Caririchnium113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Magnoavipes sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Ornithomimipodidae : Magnoavipes113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Matsukawa M., Lockley M. G., et al (1999) Three age groups of ornithopods inferred from footprints in the mid-Cretaceous Dakota Group, eastern Colorado, North America, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 147, 39-51
Lockley M. G., Wright J. L., et al (2001) A new look at Magnoavipes and so-called "big bird" tracks from Dinosaur Ridge (Cretaceous, Colorado), The Mountain Geologist 38 3, 137-146
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