Also known as Rabbit Valley East, RVRNA-11, CO-26
Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.2° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 55.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. Averett & M. Averett in 1982
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
• much of skeleton vandalized and stolen from site
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56599: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Supersaurus sp. Jensen 1985 diplodocine |