Also known as Lull 34, 35
Where: Middlesex County, Connecticut (41.7° N, 72.6° W: paleocoordinates 23.4° N, 18.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Portland Formation (Agawam Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.6 - 189.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray, red shale and micaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by Hitchcock, Marsh in the 1840s-1870s
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: E. Hitchcock. 1836. Ornithichnology - description of the foot marks of birds, (Ornithichnites) on new Red Sandstone in Massachusetts. The American Journal of Science and Arts 29(2):307-340 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 53023: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)