Manassas Sandstone

Manassas Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Carnian
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Chatham Group
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, shale
Location
Coordinates	38.9°N 77.7°W / 38.9; -77.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	13.2°N 22.0°W / 13.2; -22.0
Region	Virginia
Country	United States
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The Manassas Sandstone is a Carnian Stage sandstone geological formation in Virginia, United States.

The Carnian Stage is part of the Triassic System of the Mesozoic.

Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks

References

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21