Nugget Sandstone | |
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Stratigraphic range: Norian-Toarcian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Glen Canyon Group |
Underlies | Carmel Formation |
Overlies | Chinle Formation |
Thickness | 200 m (660 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Mudstone, siltstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 40°24′N109°18′W / 40.4°N 109.3°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 27°24′N46°36′W / 27.4°N 46.6°W |
Region | Colorado, Idaho, Utah |
Country | United States |
Extent | Colorado Plateau |
The Nugget Sandstone is a Late Triassic to Early Jurassic geologic formation that outcrops in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah, western United States.
In Wyoming, it is composed of a lower hematite-stained siltstone and thin-bedded sandstone. The upper part is a salmon-pink and light-gray, fine- to medium-grained cliff-forming sandstone that exhibits massive bedding to large scale cross-beds of dunes. Thickness ranges up to 86.9 m (285 feet). [1]
Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation. [2]
Intermediate theropod, sphenosuchian, drepanosaurid and sphenodontian remains are known. [3]
Paleofauna reported from the Nugget Sandstone | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Images | ||
Caelestiventus [4] | C. hanseni | Most of the skull, a complete lower jaw, a finger bone | A dimorphodontid pterosaur, the first known diagnostic pterosaur in North America. | |||
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