Also known as MWC Loc. 1.05.86, CO-21, "fish layer"
Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.2° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 55.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red, blue siltstone and ash
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1981, 1990
Primary reference: P. Mygatt. 1991. The Mygatt-Moore Quarry, Rabbit Valley, Mesa County, Colorado. In W. R. Averett (ed.), Guidebook for Dinosaur Quarries and Tracksites Tour, Western Colorado and Eastern Utah 57-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 39421: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
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Actinopteri | |
cf. Leptolepis sp.2 Agassiz 1832 | |
Gastropoda | |
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Malacostraca | |
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Morrolepis | |
Morrolepis schaefferi n. sp.2
Morrolepis schaefferi n. sp.2 |