Also known as Bollan Stegosaurus, CO-27, Bollan's Site
Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.2° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 55.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• low in Brushy Basin Mbr., 25 ft. above the base
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; poorly lithified, gray, green sandstone and hematitic, red claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collected by H. Bollan in 1978, 1984, 1986–1987
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: H. J. Armstrong, W. R. Averett, M. E. Averett, E. S. McReynolds, and D. G. Wolny. 1987. Mid-Mesozoic paleontology of the Rabbit Valley area, western Colorado. In W. R. Averett (ed.), Paleontology and Geology of the Dinosaur Triangle: Guidebook for 1987 Field Trip. Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction 37-43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56586: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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