Also known as Black Hills; KU-WY-121, KU Quarry

Where: Weston County, Wyoming (44.0° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 50.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Morrison Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

• upper part of formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by KU in 1930s, 1997–2004

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• originally discovered before WW II, then re-opened and excavated in 1997

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 58507: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.02.2006

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