Aurora Quarry 3 (AMNH): Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Wyoming
collected by F. F. Hubbell 1879
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Allosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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1 individual | |||||||||
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= Allosaurus fragilis
Marsh 1877
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Matthew 1915 | |||||||||
| AMNH FR 5753 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Carbon |
| Coordinates: | 41.9° North, 106.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.5° North, 52.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Morrison |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | F. F. Hubbell | Collection dates: | Oct 1879 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Como Bluff | ||
| Database number: | 73998 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-07-16 10:56:30 | Last modified: | 2023-09-01 12:06:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-07-16 10:56:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53937. | W. Brasley. 1907. A carnivorous dinosaur: a reconstructed skeleton of a huge saurian. Scientific American 97(24):446 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 85752 | R. T. Bakker. 2000. Brontosaur killers: Late Jurassic allosaurids as sabre-tooth cat analogues. Gaia 15:145-158 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 24837 | ETE | W. D. Matthew. 1915. Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collections. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1-162 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 69430 | R. L. Moodie. 1930. The Dinosaurs of Wyoming 22:1-119 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |