Also known as CO-56
Where: Mesa County, Colorado (38.8° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 54.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• approx. 10 m above base of Brushy Basin Member, near middle of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; gray, green mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
• bite marks on pelvis
Collected by D. Jones, V. Jones, & J. A. Jensen in 1967
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
• Discovered by Daniel E. and Vivian Jones, from Delta, Colo.
Primary reference: J. A. Jensen. 1968. Withdrawing an old deposit from a national treasury. Our Public Lands 18(1):14-17 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35293: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.11.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Sauropoda indet. sauropod "second unknown sauropod (to be described elsewhere)"; "a sauropod somewhat larger than Camarasaurus"
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"Cathetosaurus lewisi n. gen. n. sp." = Camarasaurus lewisi
"Cathetosaurus lewisi n. gen. n. sp." = Camarasaurus lewisi Jensen 1988 camarasaurid BYU-VP 9047; "a new species"
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