Meyer Site 2, Garden Park: Kimmeridgian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Megalosauridae
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Torvosaurus cf. tanneri
Galton and Jensen 1979
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1 individual | ||||||
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= Torvosaurus tanneri
Galton and Jensen 1979
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Hanson and Makovicky 2013 | ||||||
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Reptilia
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? Allosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Hanson and Makovicky 2013 | ||||||
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? Apatosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Hanson and Makovicky 2013 | ||||||
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? Diplodocus sp.
Marsh 1878
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Hanson and Makovicky 2013 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Camarasauridae
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? Camarasaurus sp.
Cope 1877
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Hanson and Makovicky 2013 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Fremont |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 105.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 51.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | CO-73 | ||
| Database number: | 48171 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-15 11:11:21 | Last modified: | 2019-09-25 13:39:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-15 11:11:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12893. | ETE | K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |
| 49550 | M. Hanson and P. J. Makovicky. 2013. A new specimen of Torvoaurus tanneri originally collected by Elmer Riggs. Historical Biology 26(6):775-784 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/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] |