Kings View Quarry, Fruita: Tithonian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Mesadactylus ornithosphyos
Jensen and Padian 1989
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1 individual | |||||||||
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= ? Pterodactyloidea indet.
Plieninger 1901
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King et al. 2006 | |||||||||
| MWC 5173, R radius. MWC 5434, R first wing phalanx. MWC 5729, distal wing phalanx or rib. MWC 5730, phalanx. All probably pertain to a single individual. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Reptilia
- Camarasauridae
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Camarasaurus sp.
Cope 1877
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| "Juvenile" | ||||||||||
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Camarasaurus grandis
(Marsh 1877)
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Foster 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MWC 3630 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Stegosauridae
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Stegosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "Juvenile" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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= Goniopholididae indet.
Cope 1875
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King et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Opisthias sp.
Gilmore 1909
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Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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Glyptops sp.
Marsh 1890
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 108.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 55.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| 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: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Morrison | Member: | Brushy Basin | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle of member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,intraclastic argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "The sandstone is fine-grained but contains, in the bone layer, abundant 4-10 mm diameter clay clasts" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MWC locality L-2002-11 | ||
| Database number: | 55329 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-10 10:37:18 | Last modified: | 2022-02-07 06:04:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-10 10:37:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14818. | ETE | L. King, J. Foster, and R. Scheetz. 2005. Mesadactylus and other new pterosaur specimens from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of western Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3, suppl.):78A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 19565 | ETE | J. R. Foster. 2005. New juvenile sauropod material from western Colorado, and the record of juvenile sauropods from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. In K. Carpenter and V. Tidwell (eds.), Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 141-153 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 31013 | L. R. King, J. R. Foster, and R. D. Scheetz. 2006. New pterosaur specimens from the Morrison Formation and a summary of the Late Jurassic pterosaur record of the Rocky Mountain region. In J. R. Foster, S. G. Lucas (eds.), Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:109-113 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] |