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2016

Ichnofossil Chirotherium

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Swimming Reptile Tracks In The Lower Triassic Moenkopi Formation, Capitol Reef National Park, Ut, Larry E. Davis, Robert L. Eves Apr 2016

Swimming Reptile Tracks In The Lower Triassic Moenkopi Formation, Capitol Reef National Park, Ut, Larry E. Davis, Robert L. Eves

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Abundant pre-dinosaurian tetrapod tracks, ichnofossil Chirotherium, have been found in the Moenkopi Formation. Swimming reptile tracks are found in the Torrey Member of the Moenkopi Formation in Capitol Reef National Park near Torrey, Utah. The tracks are preserved in a fine-grained sandstone deposited on a flat-lying coastal plain.

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