The Bell Springs is a member of the Nugget Sandstone in Wyoming and a formation in Utah.[1] It is a Late Triassic (Norian to Rhaetian)[2] Fossil theropod tracks assigned to Agialopous wyomingensis have been reported from the formation.[3][4]
| Bell Springs Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Norian-Rhaetian ~ | |
 | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 43°00′N 108°48′W / 43.0°N 108.8°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 19°12′N 46°24′W / 19.2°N 46.4°W |
| Region | Wyoming |
| Country |  United States |
  Bell Springs Formation (the United States)  Bell Springs Formation (Wyoming) | |
The formation composed of very fine grained limy sandstone that is distinguished from upper part of Nugget by presence of red to purple-red shale and lime cemented siltstone in beds less than 0.1 ft thick and by presence of calcareous firmly indurated beds 1-4 ft thick that are ripple laminated and weather to square faced ledges. May correlate with upper part of Chinle Formation. [5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "National Geologic Map Database". Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ^ Bell Springs Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
- ^ Branson & Mehl, 1932
- ^ Pipiringos, G.N., 1968, Correlation and nomenclature of some Triassic and Jurassic rocks in south-central Wyoming, IN Shorter contributions to general geology, 1967: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 594-D, p. D1-D26.
Bibliography edit
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- Branson, E. B., and M. G. Mehl. 1932. Footprint records from Cretaceous, Triassic, and Pennsylvanian. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 42. 284–285. .