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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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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Chinle Formation hasMember Owl Rock Member