Cope Quarry XV, Oil Tract (Jurassic to of the United States)

Also known as CO-76

Where: Fremont County, Colorado (38.5° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 52.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Lucas; reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. On Amphicoelias, a genus of Saurians from the Dakota epoch of Colorado. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:242-246 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48158: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Camarasauridae
"Amphicoelias latus n. sp." = Camarasaurus supremus
"Amphicoelias latus n. sp." = Camarasaurus supremus Cope 1877 camarasaurid
AMNH FARB 5765