Also known as Sauriermuseum, HSQ
Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.7° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 52.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Morrison Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• lower or middle part of formation (below "clay change"), 10 m above Howe Q
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; fine-grained sandstone and gray mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts, original phosphate, replaced with silica
Collected by H.-J. Siber team in 1992–2000
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: J. Ayer. 1999. The Howe Ranch Dinosaurs: 10 Years of Dinosaur Digging in Wyoming. Sauriermuseum, Aathal, Switzerland 1-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 46465: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.01.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Diplodocus sp. Marsh 1878 diplodocine "Brösmeli", "Twin", "Triplo", "Dino Quattro", "Aurora", "XL" (incl. SMA HQ2)
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Osteichthyes | |
Dipnoi indet. lungfish | |
Equisetopsida | |
Araucaria sp. de Jussieu 1789 |