Also known as Redlands
Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.1° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 55.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• described as "lower Como Beds"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; green claystone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. S. Riggs, H. W. Mencke, & V. H. Barnett in 1900–1901; reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• discovered by E. S. Riggs, H. W. Mencke, and V. H. Barnett
Primary reference: E. S. Riggs. 1901. The fore leg and pectoral girdle of Morosaurus, with a note on the genus Camarosaurus. Field Columbian Museum Publication 63, Geological Series 1(10):275-281 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11924: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.09.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Camarasaurus grandis Marsh 1877 camarasaurid |