Turtle-Clam Site, FPA (Jurassic to of the United States)

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
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Pleurosternidae
Glyptops sp. Marsh 1890 turtle