Lindsey Quarry (DMNH): Tithonian, Colorado
collected by D. Lindsey 1979

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
1 individual
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Reptilia - Pleurosternidae
Glyptops plicatulus (Cope 1877)
11 individuals
nomen dubium belonging to Glyptops
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Foster 2003 1 individual
Reptilia
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881
Allosaurus fragilis Marsh 1877
3 individuals
Reptilia - Camarasauridae
Camarasaurus grandis (Marsh 1877)
2 individuals
DMNH 2850
Reptilia
Diplodocus sp. Marsh 1878
Foster 2003 1 individual
Opisthias sp. Gilmore 1909
1 individual
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
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]
15179ETE 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]
15180ETE 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]
13281ETE 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]