Rock Point Member

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Rock Point Member is a stratigraphic subdivision of the Late Triassic Chinle Formation, known for its fluvial sedimentary rocks and fossil content in the southwestern United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rock Point Member canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf formation member ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
colorCharacteristic reddish beds ⓘ
containsFossils plant fossils ⓘ
vertebrate fossils ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment fluvial ⓘ
geologicAge Late Triassic ⓘ
geologicEpoch Late Triassic ⓘ
geologicPeriod Triassic ⓘ
knownFor fossil content ⓘ
lithology fluvial sedimentary rocks ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
namedFor Rock Point, Arizona (area) ⓘ
overlies Petrified Forest Member (Chinle Formation) ⓘ
linked to: Chinle Formation
partOf Chinle Formation ⓘ
region southwestern United States ⓘ
researchField paleontology ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
stratigraphicPosition upper Chinle Formation ⓘ
linked to: Chinle Formation
underlies Jurassic units in the region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Chinle Formation → hasMember → Rock Point Member ⓘ
Owl Rock Member → underlies → Rock Point Member ⓘ