Zane Quarry, Sheep Creek (Jurassic of the United States)

Also known as WY-92

Where: Albany County, Wyoming (42.2° N, 105.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 51.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lake Como Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• "lowermost two meters of the Morrison Formation" - four quarries within 16.5 m. 9-Mile Ranch facies

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; paleosol/pedogenic limestone

• crevasse splay in well-oxidized, well-drained soil

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Jones, R. T. Bakker in 1991

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. T. Bakker, J. Siegwarth, D. Kralis and J. Filla. 1992. Edmarka rex, a new, gigantic theropod dinosaur from the middle Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic of the Como Bluff outcrop region. Hunteria 2(9):1-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75453: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.10.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Stegosauridae
Stegosaurus sp. Marsh 1877 ornithischian
 Ornithischia -
 Saurischia - Camarasauridae
Camarasaurus sp. Cope 1877 camarasaurid
 Saurischia - Diplodocidae
Diplodocus sp. Marsh 1878 diplodocine
Apatosaurus sp. Marsh 1877 diplodocid
 Megalosauridae - Megalosauridae
Megalosauridae indet. Fitzinger 1843 dinosaur
Field # Z-1