| 词条 | Aztec Sandstone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Aztec Sandstone | image = RedRocksDistortedBeds.JPG | caption = Outcrop of the Aztec Sandstone (Lower Jurassic) at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada. | type = Sedimentary | age = Early Jurassic | period = Early Jurassic | prilithology = Sandstone | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = D. F. Hewett, 1931[1] | region = Mojave Desert | country = | coordinates = | unitof = | subunits = | underlies = Willow Tank Formation[2] | overlies = Chinle Formation | thickness = 2100 feet in Goodsprings quadrangle,[1] 2500 feet in Muddy Mountain area[2] | extent = | area = Nevada,[1] Arizona, California[3] | map = | map_caption = }} The Aztec Sandstone is a Lower Jurassic geological formation of primarily eolian sand from which fossil pterosaur tracks have been recovered. Vertebrate paleofauna{{paleobiota-key-compact}}
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Footnotes1. ^1 2 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) 2. ^1 Longwell, C.R., 1949, Structure of the northern Muddy Mountain area, Nevada: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 60, no. 5, p. 923-967. 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) References{{commons category|Aztec Sandstone}}
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