Aztec Sandstone

Aztec Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic

Outcrop of the Aztec Sandstone (Lower Jurassic) at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada.
Type Sedimentary
Underlies Willow Tank Formation[1]
Overlies Chinle Formation
Area Nevada,[2] Arizona, California[3]
Thickness 2100 feet in Goodsprings quadrangle,[2] 2500 feet in Muddy Mountain area[1]
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Region Mojave Desert
Type section
Named by D. F. Hewett, 1931[2]

The Aztec Sandstone is a Lower Jurassic geological formation of primarily eolian sand from which fossil pterosaur tracks have been recovered.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Vertebrates of the Aztec Sandstone
Genus Species Location Member Abundance Notes Images

Anchisauripus[4]
Grallator

Grallator[5]

Pteraichnus[6]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Longwell, C.R., 1949, Structure of the northern Muddy Mountain area, Nevada: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 60, no. 5, p. 923-967.
  2. 1 2 3 Hewett, D.F., 1931, Geology and ore deposits of the Goodsprings quadrangle, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 162, 172 p., (incl. geologic map, scale 1:62,500)
  3. ↑ Jennings, C.W., 1961, Geologic map of California; Kingman sheet: California Division of Mines and Geology, scale 1:250,000
  4. ↑ Listed as "cf. Anchisauripus" in "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," Hilton (2003) p. 265
  5. ↑ Listed as "cf. Grallator" in "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 265
  6. ↑ Lockley, et al. (2008)

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