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Navajo Sandstone

86 occ. 19 taxa (8 genera) 1 countries
Description

The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.

Genera
8 genera
Eubrontes
Eubrontes
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 22 occ. · 250 Ma
Grallator
Grallator
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 17 occ. · 250 Ma
Anomoepus
Anomoepus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 6 occ. · 237 Ma
Otozoum
Otozoum
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 5 occ. · 227 Ma
Anchisauripus
Anchisauripus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 3 occ. · 247 Ma
Kayentapus
Kayentapus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 1 occ. · 227 Ma
Segisaurus
Segisaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 193 Ma
Navahopus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 1 occ. · 201 Ma
Navajo Sandstone
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San Rafael Reef, Utah, looking north from near I-70. The prominent white ridge is Jurassic Navajo Sandstone that has been warped upwards. © G. Thomas · Public domain · Wikipedia
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Glen Canyon 86
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States 86
Depositional environments
Eolian indet. 26
Terrestrial indet. 23
interdune 22
dune 12
Lacustrine indet. 3
Top collectors
M. Lockley 13
G. Muller 4
W. Seiler 4
M. Chan 4
W. Stokes 4
A. Delgalvis 3
SGDS 3
L. Brady 3
J. L. Baer 3
Kammenetsky 3
Kocurek 3
Rubick 3
Collection activity by decade
1930s 4
1950s 4
1960s 2
1970s 6
1980s 4
1990s 18
2000s 17
2010s 11