Wolf Creek Quarry (Jurassic to of the United States)

Also known as CO-17

Where: Moffat County, Colorado (40.3° N, 108.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 54.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Morrison Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

• lower middle part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, silty claystone

• "silty gray claystone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by I. Wood in 1979–1985; reposited in the DMNH

Primary reference: C. E. Turner and F. Peterson. 1999. Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western Interior, U.S.A. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:77-114 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231533: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.08.2023

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Dorsetisauridae
Dorsetisaurus sp. Hoffstetter 1967 squamates
 Squamata -
 Testudinata - Pleurosternidae
Dinochelys sp. Gaffney 1979 turtle
Glyptops sp. Marsh 1890 turtle
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Theropoda -
Allosaurus sp. Marsh 1877 allosauroid
DMNH 2149
 Ornithischia - Stegosauridae
Stegosaurus sp. Marsh 1877 ornithischian
DMNH 2150
 Saurischia - Camarasauridae
Camarasaurus sp. Cope 1877 camarasaurid
 Saurischia - Diplodocidae
 Eosuchia -
Opisthias sp. Gilmore 1909 lepidosaur
Mammalia
 Mammalia -
Mammalia indet. mammal
humerus
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
 Caudata -
Caudata indet. Scopoli 1777 salamander
Chondrostei
 Amblypteriformes - Coccocephalichthyidae
Ceratodus sp. Agassiz 1838 lungfish
Actinopterygii
 Actinopterygii -
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish