Also known as Mammal Quarry, WY-15
Where: Albany County, Wyoming (41.9° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 52.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Talking Rocks Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• middle upper part of the Morrison series; Unit B
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray, green mudstone and coarse-grained sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by W. Reed in 1879; reposited in the USNM, YPM
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: O. C. Marsh. 1881. Discovery of a fossil bird in the Jurassic of Wyoming. American Journal of Science 31:341-342 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 12816: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 18.12.2001, edited by Robin Whatley, Matthew Carrano, Roger Benson and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Charophyta indet.2 Migula 1890 | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio sp.28
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Gastropoda | |
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Osteichthyes | |
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Reptilia | |
"Morosaurus sp." = Camarasaurus28
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Laosaurus sp.22, "Drinker nisti" = Nanosaurus agilis12, "Drinker nisti" = Nanosaurus agilis1, "Laosaurus ? consors" = Nanosaurus agilis28, "Othnielia rex" = Nanosaurus agilis2, "Laosaurus gracilis" = Nanosaurus agilis6, "Camptonotus sp." = Camptosaurus22, Laosaurus celer n. gen. n. sp.22
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Comodactylus ostromi n. gen. n. sp.4 Galton 1981 pterosaur YPM (holotype), right fourth metacarpal IV
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Macelognathus vagans n. gen. n. sp.18
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Cteniogenys antiquus n. gen. n. sp.8
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Opisthias rarus n. sp.6
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Theretairus antiquus n. gen. n. sp.27
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Glyptops ornatus n. gen. n. sp.20 Marsh 1890 turtle YPM 1784 (figs. 12-15; type of Glyptops ornatus Marsh, 1890, p. 177, pl. 7, fig. 1; Marsh, 1897, fig. 63; Hay, 1908a, pl. 5 fig. 2), a laterally compressed skull without lower jaws. Locality: Reed's YPM Quarry 9 (mammal quarry), T 22 N, R 77 W, sec. 12, Como Bluff, Wyoming (see Ostrom and McIntosh, 1966, for background, maps, and quarry list). Horizon: Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic. Collector: William H. Reed. YPM 1357 (figured by Marsh as Glyptops ornatus, 1890, pl. 7, fig. 2; Hay, 1908, fig. 18), carapace (not seen). YPM 4742, anterior end of right lower jaw ramus. YPM 4721, fragmentary left dentary. YPM 4717, braincase (fig. 19-22) consisting of basisphenoid, basioccipital, exoccipitals and prootics. YPM 5821, left lower jaw. YPM 2753, left lower jaw. YPM 6077, left epiplastron. NMNH 26370, basioccipital. NMNH 26371, basioccipital.
Glyptops ornatus10 Marsh 1890 turtle Marsh's collections from Quarry Nine at Como Bluff, Wyoming, and now housed in the Yale Peabody Museum and the National Museum of Natural History contain many turtle shell fragments that can be identified on the basis of ornament as Glyptops plicatulus. This material is uncatalogued and not listed here
Dinochelys whitei23 Gaffney 1979 turtle YPM 6057, right epiplastron, entoplastron, left hyoplastron, right and left hypoplastra, right and left xiphiplastra, and two left bridge peripherals. YPM 6078, right epiplastron; YPM 6068, costal fragment and two bridge peripherals; YPM 6089, right sixth costal; YPM 6069, left seventh costal and associated neural; various costal fragments: YPM 6056, 6079, 6081, 6084, 6085, 6090, 6092, 6093, 6096; various peripherals: 6070, 6071, 6072, 6073, 6074, 6075, 6080, 6103, 6104, 6106, 6113, 6119
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Mammalia | |
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"Tinodon lepidus n. sp." = Tinodon lepidus14, "Menacodon rarus n. gen. n. sp." = Tinodon lepidus19, Tinodon bellus n. gen. n. sp.21
"Menacodon rarus n. gen. n. sp." = Tinodon lepidus19 Marsh 1879 mammal USNM 2131 (holotype left mandible)
Tinodon bellus n. gen. n. sp.21 Marsh 1879 mammal YPM 11843 (holotype right mandible), 13644 (left mandible) listed by Simpson 1929
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Dryolestidae indet.30, "Dryolestes priscus n. gen. n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus13, "? Herpetairus humilis n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus30, "Stylacodon validus n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus16, "Asthenodon segnis n. gen. n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus19, "Laolestes grandis n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus30, Dryolestes vorax n. sp.21, Laolestes sp.30, "Melanodon goodrichi n. sp." = Laolestes goodrichi30, Laolestes eminens n. gen. n. sp.29, Miccylotyrans minimus n. gen. n. sp.29, "Dryolestes arcuatus n. sp." = Herpetairus arcuatus14, Melanodon oweni n. gen. n. sp.29, Pelicopsis dubius n. gen. n. sp.29, Euthlastus cordiformis n. gen. n. sp.29, Comotherium richi23, Malthacolestes osborni n. gen. n. sp.30, "Stylacodon gracilis n. gen. n. sp." = Amblotherium gracilis15, "Laodon venustus n. gen. n. sp." = Amblotherium gracilis19, "Dryolestes gracilis n. sp." = Amblotherium debilis17
"Dryolestes priscus n. gen. n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus13 Marsh 1878 mammal YPM 11820 (holotype partial right mandible); USNM 2772 (neotype right mandible)
"? Herpetairus humilis n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus30 Marsh 1878 mammal YPM 13745 (holotype left maxilla)
"Stylacodon validus n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus16 Marsh 1878 mammal YPM 11884 (holotype right mandible)
"Asthenodon segnis n. gen. n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus19 Marsh 1878 mammal YPM 10646 (holotype right mandible
"Laolestes grandis n. sp." = Dryolestes priscus30 Marsh 1878 mammal YPM 13727 (holotype partial right mandible)
Laolestes sp.30 Simpson 1927 mammal USNM 2862 (anterior part of left mandible with I1-4, C, and P2, figured as Asthenodon segnis by Marsh (1887, pl. 9, fig. 6)
"Melanodon goodrichi n. sp." = Laolestes goodrichi30 Simpson 1929 mammal YPM 13738 (holotype partial right maxilla)
Laolestes eminens n. gen. n. sp.29 Simpson 1927 mammal YPM 13719 (holotype left mandible);YPM 10662, USNM 2727 etc. (listed by Simpson 1929) AMNH 104827
"Dryolestes arcuatus n. sp." = Herpetairus arcuatus14 Marsh 1879 mammal Listed by Simpson (1929): YPM 11822 (holotype maxilla), YPM 13740 (neotype maxilla), YPM 13739, 13742, 13741, 13743, 13744, 13746, 13747, USNM 2724, 2762, 2800, 2818, 2845
Malthacolestes osborni n. gen. n. sp.30 Simpson 1927 mammal YPM 13751 (holotype partial right maxilla)
"Stylacodon gracilis n. gen. n. sp." = Amblotherium gracilis15 Marsh 1879 mammal Specimens listed by Simpson (1929): YPM 11883 (holotype left mandible), USNM 2693, YPM 13731-13733 (mandibles)
"Laodon venustus n. gen. n. sp." = Amblotherium gracilis19 Marsh 1879 mammal USNM 2142 (holotype left mandible)
"Dryolestes gracilis n. sp." = Amblotherium debilis17 Marsh 1881 mammal AMNH 101134, and specimens listed by Simpson (1929): YPM 11821 (holotype left mandible), YPM 13728, 13730, 13734, USNM 2726 (mandibles)
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Archaeotrigon sp.30, Archaeotrigon brevimaxillus n. gen. n. sp.29, Paurodon valens n. gen. n. sp.19, "Tanaodon agilis n. gen. n. sp." = Tathiodon agilis29
"Tanaodon agilis n. gen. n. sp." = Tathiodon agilis29 Simpson 1927 mammal YPM 13649 (holotype left mandible)
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"Enneodon crassus n. gen. n. sp." = Ennacodon crassus19 Marsh 1887 mammal USNM 2130 (holotype right mandible)
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"Phascolodon gidleyi n. gen. n. sp." = Comodon gidleyi25 Simpson 1925 mammal USNM 2703 (holotype partial left mandible)
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Psalodon marshi n. sp.30, "Allodon fortis n. sp." = Psalodon fortis19, "Ctenacodon potens n. sp." = Psalodon potens19, Ctenacodon scindens n. sp.30, "Ctenacodon serratus n. gen. n. sp." = Ctenacodon serratus14, "Ctenacodon nanus n. sp." = Ctenacodon serratus17, "Allodon laticeps n. gen. n. sp." = Ctenacodon laticeps17
Psalodon marshi n. sp.30 Simpson 1929 multituberculate USNM 2684 (holotype left mandible), USNM 2687, 2690, 13669, 2679
"Allodon fortis n. sp." = Psalodon fortis19 Marsh 1887 multituberculate YPM 11760 (holotype right premaxilla)
"Ctenacodon potens n. sp." = Psalodon potens19 Marsh 1887 multituberculate YPM 11834 (holotype right upper jaw), YPM 10363, USNM 2680, AMNH 3003
"Ctenacodon serratus n. gen. n. sp." = Ctenacodon serratus14 Marsh 1879 multituberculate YPM 11833 (holotype right mandible); YPM 13668, USNM 2688 (mandibles)
"Ctenacodon nanus n. sp." = Ctenacodon serratus17 Marsh 1879 multituberculate YPM 11832 (holotype left mandible)
"Allodon laticeps n. gen. n. sp." = Ctenacodon laticeps17 Marsh 1881 multituberculate YPM 11761 (holotype left maxilla), USNM 2681, 2682 (partial left maxilla)
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Amphidon superstes n. gen. n. sp.26 Simpson 1925 symmetrodont YPM 13638 (holotype partial right mandible)
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"Tinodon ferox n. sp." = Priacodon ferox19, Priacodon lulli n. sp.25, Priacodon grandaevus n. sp.25, "Tinodon robustus n. sp." = Priacodon robustus14, "Triconodon bisulcus n. sp." = Trioracodon bisulcus16
Priacodon lulli n. sp.25 Simpson 1925 mammal YPM 13625 (holotype right maxilla) and YPM 10359 (right maxilla)
"Tinodon robustus n. sp." = Priacodon robustus14 Marsh 1879 mammal YPM 11846 (holotype left mandible), 10343 (mandible)
"Triconodon bisulcus n. sp." = Trioracodon bisulcus16 Marsh 1880 mammal 3 specimens originally listed, 4 by Simpson (1925): YPM 10345, 10340, 13636, and 11851 (holotype); YPM 10344 and USNM 2699 (left maxillae) added by Simpson (1925, part 2)
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Docodon striatus n. gen. n. sp.17, Docodon superus n. sp.30, "Diplocynodon victor n. gen. n. sp." = Docodon victor16
"Diplocynodon victor n. gen. n. sp." = Docodon victor16 Marsh 1880 dodocont YPM 11826 (holotype right mandible)
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Comonecturoides marshi n. gen. n. sp.9
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"Comobatrachus aenigmaticus n. gen. n. sp." = Comobatrachus aenigmatis9
"Comobatrachus aenigmaticus n. gen. n. sp." = Comobatrachus aenigmatis9 Hecht and Estes 1960 frog YPM 1863
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Enneabatrachus hechti n. gen. n. sp.3
Enneabatrachus hechti n. gen. n. sp.3 Evans and Milner 1993 painted frog Lissamphibia, Anura, Discoglossidae
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Eobatrachus agilis n. gen. n. sp.19
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Osteichthyes | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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