Blue Peak, near Grants (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: McKinley County, New Mexico (35.3° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. L. Chenoweth & J. E. Self in 1953

Primary reference: C. T. Smith. 1961. Triassic and Jurassic rocks of the Albuquerque area. In S. A. Northrop (ed.), New Mexico Geological Society 12th Annual Fall Field Conference, Albuquerque Country. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 12:121-128 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 225131: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.04.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Diplodocidae
Apatosaurus sp. Marsh 1877 diplodocid