Also known as RVRNA-13, CO-23
Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.2° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 54.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)
• lower part of member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by W. Averett & M. Averett in 1982–1988
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: H. J. Armstrong, W. R. Averett, M. E. Averett, E. S. McReynolds, and D. G. Wolny. 1987. Mid-Mesozoic paleontology of the Rabbit Valley area, western Colorado. In W. R. Averett (ed.), Paleontology and Geology of the Dinosaur Triangle: Guidebook for 1987 Field Trip. Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction 37-43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 56590: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Diplodocus sp. Marsh 1878 diplodocine | |
Allosaurus sp. Marsh 1877 allosauroid |