Also known as Lull 33

Where: Middlesex County, Connecticut (41.7° N, 72.7° 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; brown, red shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collected by Hammer, Hitchcock in the 1835-1870s

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

• originally discovered by Mr. Hanmer, a junior at Amherst College

Primary reference: E. Hitchcock. 1837. Ornithichnites in Connecticut. The American Journal of Science and Arts 31:174-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53000: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 30.08.2005