Cope Quarry VIII, The Fort (Jurassic to of the United States)

Also known as Camarasaurus Quarry no. 2, CO-1

Where: Fremont County, Colorado (38.5° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 52.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. J. Ague, K. Carpenter, and J. H. Ostrom. 1995. Solution to the Hallopus enigma?. American Journal of Science 295:1-17 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48149: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Camarasauridae
Camarasaurus supremus Cope 1877 camarasaurid