Tim's Egg Site, Garden Park: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Prismatoolithidae
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Prismatoolithus coloradensis
Hirsch 1994
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| recombined as Preprismatoolithus coloradensis | ||||||||||
| ornithopod eggs | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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Glyptops sp.
Marsh 1890
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Foster 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Fremont |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 105.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 52.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Morrison | Member: | Brushy Basin |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48157 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-15 09:59:53 | Last modified: | 2022-04-26 09:20:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-15 09:59:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12893. | ETE | K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 81461 | E. S. Bray and S. G. Lucas. 1997. Theropod dinosaur eggshell from the Upper Jurassic of New Mexico. In S. G. Lucas, J. W. Estep. T. E. Williamson, & G. S. Morgan (eds.), New Mexico’s Fossil Record 1. Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 11:41-43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 15179 | ETE | 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] |