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
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Camarasaurus grandis
(Marsh 1877)
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
GMNH-PV-500 | ||||||||||
= Camarasaurus ? grandis
Marsh 1877
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Ikejiri 2005 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Apatosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | |||||||||
Brachiosaurus sp.
Riggs 1903
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
= Barosaurus sp.
Marsh 1890
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Bonnan and Wedel 2004 | |||||||||
Diplodocus sp.
Marsh 1878
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
new genus & species; DMNH 27726 | ||||||||||
= Gargoyleosaurus parkpini n. gen., n. sp.
Carpenter et al. 1998
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Carpenter et al. 1998 | |||||||||
corrected as Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Stegosauridae
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Stegosaurus stenops
Marsh 1887
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Camptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1885
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Dryosauridae
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Dryosaurus sp.
Marsh 1894
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Coelurus fragilis
Marsh 1879
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Miles and Hamblin 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
TPII 2000-09-29 | ||||||||||
= Tanycolagreus topwilsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Carpenter et al. 2005
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Carpenter et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Ceratosaurus sp.
Marsh 1884
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Miles and Hamblin 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Allosaurus fragilis
Marsh 1877
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Miles and Hamblin 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
= Harpactognathus gentryii n. gen., n. sp.
Carpenter et al. 2003
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Carpenter et al. 2003 | |||||||||
NAMAL 101, anterior portion of the rostrum | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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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] | |
14306 | ETE | 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] | |
14957 | ETE | 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] |
13275 | ETE | 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] |
24821 | ETE | 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] | |
14966 | ETE | 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] |
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] |