DMNH 3149, Bob's Siesta, Temple Canyon Park, Canon City (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Colorado (38.4° N, 105.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 51.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified mudstone

• Freshwater wetland to lake environment

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: D. M. Smith, M. A. Gorman, J. D. Pardo and B. J. Small. 2011. First fossil Orthoptera from the Jurassic of North America. Journal of Paleontology 85(1):102-105 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102476: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Parapleurites morrisonensis n. sp.
Parapleurites morrisonensis n. sp. Smith et al. 2011 grasshopper