Owl Rock Member

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Owl Rock Member is a distinctive upper unit of the Late Triassic Chinle Formation, known for its colorful mudstones and limestones that preserve important terrestrial and lacustrine fossils in the southwestern United States.

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Owl Rock Member canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf member ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
chronostratigraphy Norian ⓘ
color colorful ⓘ
contains carbonate nodules ⓘ
freshwater limestone beds ⓘ
paleosols ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalSetting fluvial-lacustrine ⓘ
diagenesis carbonate cementation ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition lacustrine ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ
exposedIn Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
formationPartOf Chinle Formation ⓘ
fossilType invertebrate fossils ⓘ
plant fossils ⓘ
vertebrate fossils ⓘ
geologicAge Late Triassic ⓘ
geologicGroup Chinle Group ⓘ
linked to: Chinle Formation
geologicPeriod Triassic ⓘ
hasSedimentaryStructures lamination ⓘ
mud cracks ⓘ
ripple marks ⓘ
knownFor colorful mudstones ⓘ
fossil preservation ⓘ
limestones ⓘ
lithology limestone ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern United States ⓘ
namedFor Owl Rock ⓘ
overlies Petrified Forest Member ⓘ
linked to: Moenkopi Formation
paleoclimateIndicator semi-arid conditions ⓘ
partOf Chinle Formation ⓘ
preserves lacustrine fossils ⓘ
terrestrial fossils ⓘ
region Colorado Plateau ⓘ
researchImportance Late Triassic terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ
Triassic lake environments ⓘ
stratigraphicHierarchy member of Chinle Formation ⓘ
stratigraphicPosition upper unit of the Chinle Formation ⓘ
linked to: Chinle Formation
typeOf continental sedimentary unit ⓘ
underlies Rock Point Member ⓘ

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

Chinle Formation → hasMember → Owl Rock Member ⓘ