Howe-Scott Quarry: Kimmeridgian, Wyoming
collected by Sauriermuseum Aathal 1995, 2000, 2002–2003
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Tschopp and Mateus 2017 | |||||||||
| Teeth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Othnielosaurus sp.
Galton 2007
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Tschopp and Mateus 2017 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Stegosauridae
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Hesperosaurus mjosi
Carpenter et al. 2001
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Maidment et al. 2008 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| SMA 0092 (previously SMA L02, "Lilly"); VFSMA 001 (previously SMA 3074-FV01 & SMA M04, "Moritz" | ||||||||||
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= cf. Hesperosaurus mjosi
Carpenter et al. 2001
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Siber and Möckli 2009 | |||||||||
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= Hesperosaurus sp.
Carpenter et al. 2001
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Tschopp and Mateus 2017 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Brachiosauridae
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Brachiosauridae indet.
Riggs 1904
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Tschopp and Mateus 2017 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| a possible brachiosaur hindlimb | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Diplodocidae indet.
(Marsh 1884)
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Tschopp and Mateus 2017 | 5 individuals | ||||||||
| five partial diplodocid specimens (mostly appendicular material) | ||||||||||
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Galeamopus pabsti n. sp.
Tschopp and Mateus 2017
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Tschopp and Mateus 2017 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| SMA 0011 - type (nicknamed ‘‘MaX’’) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Tschopp and Mateus 2017 | |||||||||
| carbonized wood | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
| Coordinates: | 44.7° North, 107.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.8° North, 52.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 4219 feet | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.8 - 149.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Morrison | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphically, it lies just slightly above the Howe-Stephens Quarry, 30 m above the J-5, and 30 m below the K-1 unconformities | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "fine-grained fluvial sandstone exhibiting cross-bedding in some layers" | |
| Environment: | fine channel fill |
| Geology comments: poorly drained floodplain environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Sauriermuseum Aathal | Collection dates: | 1995, 2000, 2002–2003 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sauriermuseum | ||
| Database number: | 185607 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano | Enterer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-05-03 06:10:41 | Last modified: | 2023-11-21 16:41:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-05-03 06:10:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76171. | P. M. Galton. 2010. Species of plated dinosaur Stegosaurus (Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic) of western USA: new type species designation needed. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 103:187-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 29301 | ETE | S. C. R. Maidment, D. B. Norman, P. M. Barrett and P. Upchurch. 2008. Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(4):367-407 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 74175 | E. T. Saitta. 2015. Evidence for sexual dimorphism in the plated dinosaur Stegosaurus mjosi (Ornithischia, Stegosauria) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of western USA. PLoS ONE 10(4):e0123503:1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 76174 | H. J. Siber and U. Möckli. 2009. The Stegosaurs of the Sauriermuseum Aathal 1-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62229 | E. Tschopp and O. Mateus. 2017. Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov. (Sauropoda: Diplodocidae), with implications for neurocentral closure timing, and the cervico-dorsal transition in diplodocids. PeerJ 5:e3179:1-126 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |