SDSM V9139, Dillon's Corner: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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| Foster 2003 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| teeth | ||||||||||
| Turner and Peterson 1999 | ||||||||||
| Foster 2003 | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| limb bone | ||||||||||
| 5 specimens | ||||||||||
| SDSM 25331 | ||||||||||
| Turner and Peterson 1999 | ||||||||||
| Foster 2003 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Crook |
| Coordinates: | 44.2° North, 104.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.5° North, 38.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 143.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Morrison | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: near top of formation; upper and lower fossiliferous beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green,red mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "maroon to dark greenish-gray mudstone" | |
| Environment: | dry floodplain |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SDSM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | WY-8, WY-9 | ||
| Database number: | 49637 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-21 07:48:55 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-21 07:48:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 81844. | J. R. Foster and J. E. Martin. 1994. Late Jurassic dinosaur localities in the Morrison Formation of northeastern Wyoming. In G. E. Nelson (ed.), Wyoming Geological Association Forty-Fourth Annual Field Conference. Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook 44:115-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13295 | ETE | J. R. Foster. 1996. Sauropod dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 31(1):1-25 [M. Carrano/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] |
| 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] |