Summerville Formation Stratigraphic range: Middle Jurassic |
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Type | Geological formation |
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Region | Southwestern United States |
Country | United States |
The Summerville Formation is a geological formation in New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah of the Southwestern United States. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.[1]
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Theropod tracks geographically located in Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado, USA.[1]
Ornithodires reported from the Summerville Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
D. viaemalae[1] |
Geographically located in Utah, USA.[1] |
"Scapula, ulna, partial radius, [and] partial manus."[2] |
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Indeterminate |
Geographically located in New Mexico, USA.[1] |
Later found to be indeterminate sauropod remains.[1] |
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P. saltwashensis[3] |
Geographically present in Arizona.[3] |
Includes the P. saltwashensis type locale.[3] Specimens housed at the University of Utah.[3] These tracks may actually be from the Morrison Formation.[3] |
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Indeterminate |
Geographically present in Arizona, near Summerville.[3] Also present in Colorado (Cactus Park, Furnish Canyon, Colorado National Monument) and Utah (Delmonte Mines, Starr Springs, Flaming Gorge, Ferron, Moab, Duchesne County).[3] |
Summerville, Furnish Canyon, Cactus Park, Delmonte Mines, Starr Springs, Ferron, and Moab specimens are housed in the University of Colorado's Dinosaur Tracks Museum in Denver.[3] The Flaming Gorge and Colorado National Monument tracks remains in the field.[3] Ferron specimens are also housed at the University of Utah.[3] |