AMNH quarries, Sturgis area (PROXY): Tithonian, South Dakota
collected by Granger, Lull 1900-1901
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Camarasaurus sp.
Cope 1877
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1 individual | |||||||||
| AMNH 625 | ||||||||||
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= Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Lei et al. 2023 | |||||||||
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Sauropoda indet.
(Marsh 1878)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| AMNH 627 | ||||||||||
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Diplodocinae indet.
Janensch 1929
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1 individual | |||||||||
| AMNH 626; catalogued as Apatosaurus but either Diplodocus or Barosaurus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Meade |
| Coordinates: | 44.5° North, 103.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.9° North, 49.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.2 - 145 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Morrison | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: high in formation based on geographic position | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Feeding/predation traces: | tooth marks |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Granger, Lull | Collection dates: | 1900-1901 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 132242 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-10 07:16:48 | Last modified: | 2023-11-27 09:48:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-10 07:16:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42580. | J. R. Foster. 1996. Fossil vertebrate localities in the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of western South Dakota. In M. Morales (ed.), The Continental Jurassic. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60:255-263 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |
| 86556 | R. Lei, E. Tschopp, C. Hendrickx, M. J. Wedel, M. A. Norell and D. W. E. Hone. 2023. Bite and tooth marks on sauropod dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation. PeerJ 11:16327:1-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |