Hinkle Site (BYU): Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Utah
collected by J. A. Jensen 1973
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Allosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Allosaurus fragilis
Marsh 1877
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Smith et al. 1999 | |||||||||
| BYU 571/8901 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Grand |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 109.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 55.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 | Member: | Brushy Basin | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper part of member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. A. Jensen | Collection dates: | 1973 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 49614 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-20 12:42:20 | Last modified: | 2017-03-28 17:01:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-20 12:42:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62005. | D. K. Smith. 1997. Museum of Earth Science, Brigham Young University. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 457-458 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 33033 | ETE | J. A. Jensen. 1987. New brachiosaur material from the Late Jurassic of Utah and Colorado. Great Britain Naturalist 47(4):592-608 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska] |
| 13284 | ETE | D. K. Smith, D. R. Richmond, and P. J. Bybee. 1999. Morphological variation in a large specimen of Allosaurus fragilis, Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, eastern Utah. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:135-141 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |