Quarry 7, Como Bluff (YPM): Tithonian, Wyoming
collected by W. Reed
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Laosaurus consors n. sp.
Marsh 1894
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1 individual | |||||||||
synonym of Nanosaurus agilis | ||||||||||
YPM 1882 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholis sp.
Owen 1842
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Foster 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Albany |
Coordinates: | 41.9° North, 106.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.7° North, 52.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 2133 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 152.10000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Morrison | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: upper middle part of formation; ca. 15 m above Quarry 13 (ref 10638 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | wet floodplain |
Geology comments: poorly drained floodplain |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | all |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | YPM |
Collectors: | W. Reed |
Metadata
Also known as: | Three Trees Quarry, WY-28 | ||
Database number: | 39346 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-05-26 15:13:36 | Last modified: | 2023-08-23 15:45:10 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-26 15:13:36 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9097. | O. C. Marsh. 1894. The typical Ornithopoda of the American Jurassic. American Journal of Science, series 3 48:85-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
10638 | ETE | R. T. Bakker. 1990. A new latest Jurassic vertebrate fauna, from the highest levels of the Morrison Formation at Como Bluff, Wyoming, with comments on Morrison biochronology. Part I. Biochronology. Hunteria 2(6):1-3 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
15179 | ETE | J. R. Foster. 2003. Paleoecological analysis of the vertebrate fauna of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Rocky Mountain region, U.S.A. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 23:1-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
12658 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 1977. The Upper Jurassic dinosaur Dryosaurus and a Laurasia-Gondwana connection in the Upper Jurassic. Nature 268(5617):230-232 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
10618 | J. H. Ostrom and J. S. McIntosh. 1999. Marsh's Dinosaurs: The Collections from Como Bluff. Yale University Press, New Haven 1-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
13281 | ETE | C. E. Turner and F. Peterson. 1999. Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western Interior, U.S.A. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:77-114 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |