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Portland Formation

Geological formation in Connecticut and Massachusetts From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Portland Formation is a geological formation in Connecticut and Massachusetts in the northeastern United States.[1] It dates back to the Early Jurassic period.[2] The formation consists mainly of sandstone laid down by a series of lakes (in the older half of the formation) and the floodplain of a river (in the younger half). The sedimentary rock layers representing the entire Portland Formation are over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) thick and were formed over about 4 million years of time, from the Hettangian age (lower half) to the late Hettangian and Sinemurian ages (upper half).[3]

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In 2016, the paleontologist Robert E. Weems and colleagues suggested the Portland Formation should be elevated to a geological group within the Newark Supergroup (as the Portland Group), and thereby replacing the former name "Agawam Group". They also reinstated the Longmeadow Sandstone as a formation (within the uppermost Portland Group); it had earlier been considered identical to the Portland Formation.[4]

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Dinosaur coprolites are known from the formation.[2] This formation and the underlying East Berlin Formation are well-known for its numerous well-preserved dinosaur tracks, which represent ornithischians, theropods, and sauropodomorphs, which are preserved at sites such as Dinosaur Footprints Reservation.[2][5] Other tracks are also known representing animals such as pseudosuchians, turtles, and temnospondyls.[6]

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