Also known as Opal Hill
Where: Colorado (39.1° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 55.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Salt Wash Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; green, argillaceous, sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G. Callison, J. M. Clark in 1976; reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• The fossil was collected by James M. Clark, at the time a student at California State University, Long Beach, while conducting a surface survey of the area.
•The material was prepared with the use of an S.S. White Industrial Airabrasive Unit filled with powdered dolomite
Primary reference: Anonymous. 1977. The Fruita Paleontological Report 1-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137733: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 18.12.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Eilenodon robustus n. gen. n. sp.
Eilenodon robustus n. gen. n. sp. Rasmussen and Callison 1981 lepidosaur |