Lindsey Quarry (DMNH): Tithonian, Colorado
collected by D. Lindsey 1979
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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Glyptops plicatulus
(Cope 1877)
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11 individuals | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Glyptops | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Foster 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Reptilia
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Ornithopoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Allosaurus fragilis
Marsh 1877
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Camarasauridae
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Camarasaurus grandis
(Marsh 1877)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
DMNH 2850 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Diplodocus sp.
Marsh 1878
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Foster 2003 | 1 individual | ||||||||
Opisthias sp.
Gilmore 1909
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1 individual | |||||||||
Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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Foster 2003 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Fremont |
Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 105.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 52.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 152.10000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Morrison | Member: | Brushy Basin |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | green siltstone |
Secondary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "pale green siltstone, though some large elements were in a golden sandstone" | |
Environment: | pond |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | DMNH | ||
Collectors: | D. Lindsey | Collection dates: | 1979 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Garden Park, CO-8, Lindsey's, DMNH Quarry 3 | ||
Database number: | 48162 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-15 10:18:01 | Last modified: | 2022-02-07 06:07:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-15 10:18:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12893. | ETE | K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
77784 | K. Carpenter. 1999. The Cañon City dinosaur sites of Marsh and Cope. Scoiety of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting 1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
15179 | ETE | J. R. Foster. 2003. Paleoecological analysis of the vertebrate fauna of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Rocky Mountain region, U.S.A. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 23:1-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
52132 | T. Ikejiri. 2005. Distribution and biochronology of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Rocky Mountain region. In S. G. Lucas, K. E. Ziegler, V. W. Lueth, D. E. Owen (eds.), New Mexico Geological Society, 56th Field Conference, Geology of the Chama Basin. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 56:367-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner] | |
15180 | ETE | P. E. Monaco. 1998. A short history of dinosaur collecting in the Garden Park Fossil Area, Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23(1-4):465-480 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
13281 | ETE | C. E. Turner and F. Peterson. 1999. Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western Interior, U.S.A. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:77-114 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |