Also known as Fruita, LACM #5578
Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.2° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 55.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• above "channel 2"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: pond; volcaniclastic mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. I. Kirkland. 2006. Fruita Paleontological Area (Upper Jurassic, Morrison Formation), western Colorado: an example of terrestrial taphofacies analysis. In J. R. Foster & S. G. Lucas (ed.), Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:67-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 192453: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.04.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur | |
Ceratosaurus sp. Marsh 1884 ceratosaur | |
Gastropoda | |
"Viviparus" reesidei snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel | |
Branchiopoda | |
Conchostraca indet. clam shrimp | |