Bone Cabin Quarry West (BCQ West): Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Camarasauridae
Camarasaurus grandis (Marsh 1877)
Turner and Peterson 1999 1 individual
GMNH-PV-500
    = Camarasaurus ? grandis Marsh 1877
Ikejiri 2005
Reptilia
Apatosaurus sp. Marsh 1877
Turner and Peterson 1999
Brachiosaurus sp. Riggs 1903
Turner and Peterson 1999 1 individual
    = Barosaurus sp. Marsh 1890
Bonnan and Wedel 2004
Diplodocus sp. Marsh 1878
Turner and Peterson 1999 1 individual
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923
Turner and Peterson 1999 1 individual
new genus & species; DMNH 27726
    = Gargoyleosaurus parkpini n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter et al. 1998
Carpenter et al. 1998
corrected as Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum
Reptilia - Stegosauridae
Stegosaurus stenops Marsh 1887
Turner and Peterson 1999 2 individuals
Reptilia
Camptosaurus sp. Marsh 1885
Turner and Peterson 1999 2 individuals
Reptilia - Dryosauridae
Dryosaurus sp. Marsh 1894
Turner and Peterson 1999 1 individual
Reptilia
Coelurus fragilis Marsh 1879
Miles and Hamblin 1999 1 individual
TPII 2000-09-29
    = Tanycolagreus topwilsoni n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter et al. 2005
Carpenter et al. 2005
Ceratosaurus sp. Marsh 1884
Miles and Hamblin 1999 1 individual
Allosaurus fragilis Marsh 1877
Turner and Peterson 1999 1 individual
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
Miles and Hamblin 1999 1 individual
    = Harpactognathus gentryii n. gen., n. sp. Carpenter et al. 2003
Carpenter et al. 2003
NAMAL 101, anterior portion of the rostrum
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Miles and Hamblin 1999 1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Albany
Coordinates: 42.0° North, 106.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.7° North, 52.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval:Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian
Age range of interval:155.70000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Morrison
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "equivalent to Upper Salt Wash Member" and in "Lower Dinosaur Zone 2"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "poorly consolidated, fine-grained sandstone"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Fragmentation:extreme
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:WY-79, Bone Cabin Quarry Extension, Bone Cabin Quarry-E
Database number:49577
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-04-20 06:20:34 Last modified:2022-09-27 14:45:17
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-20 06:20:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12200.ETE K. Carpenter, C. Miles, and K. Cloward. 1998. Skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur (Dinosauria). Nature 393:782-783 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

71135 V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie. 2011. Tail and pelvis pathologies of ankylosaurian dinosaurs. Historical Biology 23(4):375-390 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14306ETE M. F. Bonnan and M. J. Wedel. 2004. First occurrence of Brachiosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Oklahoma. PaleoBios 24(2):13-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82717 B. B. Britt, D. J. Chure, T. R. Holtz, C. A. Miles, and K. L. Stadtman. 2000. A reanalysis of the phylogenetic affinities of Ceratosaurus (Theropoda, Dinosauria) based on new specimens from Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3 (suppl.)):32A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14957ETE K. Carpenter, C. A. Miles, and K. C. Cloward. 2005. New small theropod from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming. In K. Carpenter (ed.), The Carnivorous Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 23-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13275ETE K. Carpenter, D. M. Unwin, K. C. Cloward, C. A. Miles, and C. 2003. A new scaphognathine pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA. E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society Special Publication 217:45-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
24821ETE P. M. Galton. 2007. Teeth of ornithischian dinosaurs (mostly Ornithopoda) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of the western United States. In K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithopod Dinosaurs 17-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52132 T. Ikejiri. 2005. Distribution and biochronology of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Rocky Mountain region. In S. G. Lucas, K. E. Ziegler, V. W. Lueth, D. E. Owen (eds.), New Mexico Geological Society, 56th Field Conference, Geology of the Chama Basin. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 56:367-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]
14966ETE C. A. Miles and D. W. Hamblin. 1999. Historical update: paleontological excavation in the Como Region. In J. H. Ostrom & J. S. McIntosh, Marsh's Dinosaurs. Yale University Press, New Haven vii-xiv [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13281ETE 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]