Sonsela Member

E757096

The Sonsela Member is a distinctive stratigraphic subdivision of the Chinle Formation, notable for its colorful sedimentary rocks and fossil-rich deposits from the Late Triassic period in the southwestern United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sonsela Member canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stratigraphic unit ⓘ
age Norian ⓘ
belongsTo Chinle Group ⓘ
linked to: Chinle Formation
chronostratigraphicUnit Upper Triassic ⓘ
linked to: Late Triassic
color purple ⓘ
red ⓘ
variegated ⓘ
white ⓘ
contains paleosols ⓘ
petrified wood ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment floodplain ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
exposedIn Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
formationRank member ⓘ
fossilContent aetosaurs ⓘ
early dinosaurs and dinosauromorphs ⓘ
invertebrate fossils ⓘ
metoposaurid temnospondyls ⓘ
phytosaurs ⓘ
plant fossils ⓘ
fossilPeriod Late Triassic vertebrates ⓘ
geologicPeriod Late Triassic ⓘ
hasEconomicInterest paleontological resources ⓘ
lithology conglomerate ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
volcaniclastic rocks ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern United States ⓘ
notableExposure Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ
notableFor fossil-rich deposits ⓘ
overlies Blue Mesa Member ⓘ
linked to: Blue Mesa
partOf Chinle Formation ⓘ
region Colorado Plateau province ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Plateau
researchField sedimentology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
vertebrate paleontology ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
underlies Petrified Forest Member ⓘ
linked to: Moenkopi Formation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinle Formation → hasMember → Sonsela Member ⓘ