Also known as WY-46, Quarry 13W, Quarry 13 Middle
Where: Albany County, Wyoming (41.9° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 52.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lake Como Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• low in formation, Unit A
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; poorly lithified, fine-grained, medium, gray sandstone and brown, green claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Reed in 1879-1887; reposited in the UNSM, YPM
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• density = 3.8
Primary reference: O. C. Marsh. 1879. Notice of new Jurassic reptiles. American Journal of Science and Arts 18:501-505 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 39253: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Allosaurus sp.2, "Coelurus fragilis n. gen. n. sp." = Coelurus fragilis, "Coelurus agilis n. sp." = Coelurus fragilis6
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"Morosaurus lentus n. sp." = Camarasaurus lentus5, "Morosaurus sp." = Camarasaurus2, "? Morosaurus sp." = Camarasaurus2
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Laosaurus sp.6, "? Camptosaurus depressus" = Osmakasaurus depressus2, Camptosaurus sp.2, ? Camptosaurus sp.2, "Camptonotus dispar n. sp." = Camptosaurus dispar, "Camptosaurus browni n. sp." = Camptosaurus dispar2, "Camptosaurus nanus n. sp." = Camptosaurus dispar2, "Camptosaurus medius n. sp." = Camptosaurus dispar2
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Dryosaurus altus n. sp.2
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? Stegosaurus sp.2, Stegosaurus sp.2, Diracodon laticeps n. gen. n. sp.3, Stegosaurus sulcatus n. sp.4, Stegosaurus ungulatus, Stegosaurus stenops4, Stegosaurus affinis n. sp.6
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Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes2
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