Quarry 9, producing layer (AMNH-YPM): Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Wyoming
collected 1968-1970
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ophiopsiidae
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Ophiopsis sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Ceratodus sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Reptilia
- Paramacellodidae
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Paramacellodus sp.
Hoffstetter 1967
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Reptilia
- Dorsetisauridae
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Dorsetisaurus sp.
Hoffstetter 1967
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Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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Glyptops plicatulus
(Cope 1877)
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nomen dubium belonging to Glyptops | |||||||
Dinochelys whitei
Gaffney 1979
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Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholis sp.
Owen 1842
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Reptilia
- Avetheropoda
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Carnosauria indet.
Huene 1920
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Reptilia
- Fabrosauridae
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Fabrosauridae indet.
Galton 1972
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Reptilia
- Stegosauridae
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Stegosauridae indet.
Marsh 1880
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Reptilia
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Opisthias rarus
Gilmore 1909
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Reptilia
- Cteniogenyidae
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Cteniogenys antiquus
Gilmore 1928
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Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
Mammalia
- Dryolestidae
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Laolestes eminens
Simpson 1927
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1 specimen | ||||||
Amblotherium gracilis
(Marsh 1879)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Comotherium richi n. gen., n. sp.
Prothero 1981
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1 specimen | ||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Plagiaulacidae
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Plagiaulacidae indet.
Gill 1872
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1 specimen | ||||||
Docodonta
- Docodontidae
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Docodon victor
(Marsh 1880)
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2 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Albany |
Coordinates: | 41.9° North, 106.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.5° North, 52.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 2091 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Morrison |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | none |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH,YPM | Collection dates: | 1968-1970 |
Metadata
Database number: | 39431 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-05-28 14:42:12 | Last modified: | 2023-08-23 15:47:08 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-28 14:42:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10663. | ETE | D. R. Prothero. 1981. New Jurassic mammals from Como Bluff, Wyoming, and the interrelationships of non-tribosphenic Theria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 167(5):277-326 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |