Also known as Fruita, LACM #5582, CrocTurtleClam
Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.1° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 55.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 192451: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.04.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel | |
Reptilia | |
Glyptops sp. Marsh 1890 turtle |