DNM 315, Douglas Draw Quarry: Middle Tithonian, Utah
collected by S. K. Madsen 1991
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Chure et al. 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
"fish scale" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Chure et al. 1994 | |||||||||
"a few scattered lizard postcranial bones" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Chure et al. 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
adult tooth | ||||||||||
Camptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1885
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Chure et al. 1994 | 1 individual | ||||||||
DINO 15624 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Chure et al. 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
small maxillary or dentary tooth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Diplodocidae
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Diplodocidae indet.
Marsh 1884
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Chure et al. 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Sphenodontidae
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Sphenodontidae indet.
Cope 1871
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Chure et al. 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
palatine | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Uintah |
Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 109.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.0° North, 56.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 1525 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Tithonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 150.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Morrison | Member: | Brushy Basin | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 10 m above the Quarry sandstone interval and 26 m below the top of the Brushy Basin Member within an interval that consists of mudstone with numerous thin bentonite beds. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | volcaniclastic,gray,green mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "a greenish-gray smectitic mudstone bed" | |
Environment: | crevasse splay |
Geology comments: "probably deposited in overbank environment" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial orientation: | preferred |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Associated major elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all macrofossils | ||
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | S. K. Madsen | Collection dates: | 1991 |
Collection method comments: Discovered by Scott K. Madsen on 16 September 1991 |
Metadata
Also known as: | UT-19, Dinosaur National Monument | ||
Database number: | 52110 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-07-22 14:20:25 | Last modified: | 2023-09-08 14:05:16 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-22 14:20:25 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14610. | ETE | D. J. Chure, C. E. Turner, and F. Peterson. 1992. An embryo of the ornithopod dinosaur Camptosaurus from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Dinosaur National Monument, Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(3, suppl.):23A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
13981 | ETE | D. Chure, C. Turner, and F. Peterson. 1994. An embryo of Camptosaurus from the Morrison Formation (Jurassic, Middle Tithonian) in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah. In K. Carpenter, K.F. Hirsh & J.R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) 298-311 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/K. Maguire] |
17242 | ETE | D. J. Chure, C. E. Turner, and F. Peterson. 1993. An embryo of Camptosaurus from the Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation in Dinosaur National Monument. In V. Santucci (ed.), National Park Service Paleontology Research Abstract Volume. Technical Report NPS/NRPEFO/NRTR 93/11:31 [M. Carrano/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] |
35018 | ETE | V. L. Santucci and J. I. Kirkland. 2010. An Overview of National Park Service Paleontological Resources from the Parks and Monuments in Utah. In D. A. Sprinkel, T. C. Chidsey, P. B. Anderson (eds.), Utah Geological Association Publication 28 (third edition) 28:589-623 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska/M. Oreska] |
13281 | ETE | C. E. Turner and F. Peterson. 1999. Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western Interior, U.S.A. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:77-114 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
84543 | J. S. Tweet and V. L. Santucci. 2018. An inventory of non-avian dinosaurs from National Park Service areas. In S. G. Lucas & R. M. Sullivan (ed.), Fossil Record 6. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 79:703-730 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |