Also known as Saurian Hill
Where: Fremont County, Colorado (38.5° N, 105.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 25.9° N, 41.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Tithonian (149.2 - 143.1 Ma)
• near the top of the Morrison Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; red mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by O. W. Lucas; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. On the Saurians recently discovered in the Dakota Beds of Colorado. The American Naturalist 12(2):71-85 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Whatley]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48129: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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"Amphicoelias fragillimus n. sp." = Maraapunisaurus fragillimus2
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"Camarasaurus supremus" = Camarasaurus supremus1, "Camarasaurus leptodirus n. sp." = Camarasaurus supremus4
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Hypsirophus discurus n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Epanterias amplexus n. gen. n. sp." = Allosaurus fragilis3
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