PBDB Collection

Bone Cabin Quarry (AMNH): Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Wyoming
collected by W. Granger, H. Osborn, W. D. Matthew, P. Kaisen 1897-1905

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia - Pleurosternidae

	Glyptops plicatulus (Cope 1877)	Hay 1908	1 individual
	nomen dubium belonging to Glyptops
	AMNH 336, almost complete skeleton
Reptilia - Goniopholididae

	Eutretauranosuchus delfsi Mook 1967	Pritchard et al. 2013	1 specimen
	AMNH 570 (complete skull; partial right hemimandible; partial cervical series with associated osteoderms, three isolated osteoderms, distal portion of a left femur)
Reptilia - Dryosauridae

	? Laosaurus sp. Marsh 1878	Jesup 1906	1 individual
	= Dryosaurus altus Marsh 1878	Turner and Peterson 1999
Reptilia

	Camptosaurus nanus Marsh 1894	Gilmore 1909	1 individual
	synonym of Camptosaurus dispar
	AMNH mounted specimen
Reptilia - Stegosauridae

	Stegosaurus sp. Marsh 1877	Dodson et al. 1980
	= Stegosaurus stenops Marsh 1887	Brown 1932
	incl. AMNH mounted specimen
Reptilia

	Allosaurus sp. Marsh 1877	Osborn 1899	3 specimens
	"or Megalosaurus"
	= Allosaurus fragilis Marsh 1877	Turner and Peterson 1999
	AMNH 600, 680, 6125

	Creosaurus atrox Marsh 1878	Osborn 1903	3 specimens
	synonym of Allosaurus fragilis
	AMNH FR 290, 324, 666

	Ornitholestes hermanni Osborn 1903	Osborn 1903	1 specimen
	AMNH 587 (3 measurements)
	= Tanycolagreus topwilsoni Carpenter et al. 2005	Carpenter et al. 2005
Reptilia - Compsognathidae

	Ornitholestes hermanni n. gen., n. sp. Osborn 1903	Osborn 1903	1 individual
	(5 measurements)
Reptilia

	Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)	Lei et al. 2023	1 specimen
	AMNH FARB 30192

	Eusauropoda indet. Upchurch 1995	Lei et al. 2023	2 specimens
	AMNH FARB 366, 30066

	Neosauropoda indet. Bonaparte 1986	Lei et al. 2023	1 specimen
	AMNH FARB 264

	Macronaria indet. Sereno 1997	Lei et al. 2023	1 specimen
	AMNH FARB 675

	Apatosaurus minimus n. sp. Mook 1917	Mook 1917	1 specimen
	nomen dubium belonging to Macronaria
	AMNH 675 - type
Reptilia - Camarasauridae

	Morosaurus agilis Marsh 1889	Osborn 1899	9 individuals
	AMNH 690, 823 (3 measurements)
	= Morosaurus sp. Marsh 1878	Osborn 1904
	synonym of Camarasaurus
Reptilia - Brachiosauridae

	Brachiosaurus sp. Riggs 1903	Foster 2005	1 specimen
Reptilia

	Diplodocoidea indet. (Upchurch 1995)	Lei et al. 2023	4 specimens
	AMNH FARB 92, 259, 392, 597
Reptilia - Diplodocidae

	Diplodocidae indet. Marsh 1884	Lei et al. 2023	1 specimen
	AMNH FARB 6113
Reptilia

	Diplodocinae indet. Janensch 1929	Lei et al. 2023	2 specimens
	AMNH FARB 642, 660

	Galeamopus hayi (Holland 1924)	Tschopp and Mateus 2017	1 specimen
	AMNH 969

	Galeamopus pabsti Tschopp and Mateus 2017	Lei et al. 2023	1 specimen
	AMNH FARB 6118

	Diplodocus sp. Marsh 1878	McIntosh 1981	1 specimen
	CM 21749

	Diplodocus longus Marsh 1878	Osborn 1904	6 specimens
	AMNH 493, 516, 608, 655 (10 measurements)

	Brontosaurus sp. Marsh 1879	Dodson et al. 1980	6 specimens
	(4 measurements)
	= Apatosaurus excelsus Marsh 1879	Turner and Peterson 1999
	original and current combination Brontosaurus excelsus

	? Apatosaurus sp. Marsh 1877	McIntosh 1981	1 specimen
	CM 21748
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Wyoming	County:	Albany
Coordinates:	42.0° North, 106.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	37.6° North, 52.2° West
Basis of coordinate:	unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Jurassic	Epoch:	Late/Upper Jurassic

*Period:	Triassic
*International age/stage:	Rhaetian - Tithonian
Key time interval:	Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age range of interval:	154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Morrison	Member:	Lake Como
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lenticular,coarse,intraclastic,brown,gray,white sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: "whte,brn,gray", ETE lithology comments: "crse,clastic+snd lens"
Environment:	coarse channel fill
Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: channel ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0; channel in moderately drained floodplain

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Lagerst�tten type:	concentrate
Degree of concentration:	concentrated
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Spatial orientation:	life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:	good
Articulated whole bodies:	some
Associated major elements:	many
Disassociated major elements:	many
Disassociated minor elements:	some
Size sorting:	medium
Fragmentation:	occasional
Bioerosion:	occasional
Feeding/predation traces:	tooth marks,arthropod boring
Temporal resolution:	time-averaged
Spatial resolution:	parautochthonous

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Collection size:	6000 specimens
Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:	AMNH,CM
Collectors:	W. Granger, H. Osborn, W. D. Matthew, P. Kaisen	Collection dates:	1897-1905
Collection method comments: ETE reference list: 478

Metadata

Also known as:	ETE Locality 1522, WY-78, Bone-Cabin Quarry, BCQ
Database number:	22648
Authorizer:	A. Behrensmeyer, R. Benson, M. Carrano, P. Mannion	Enterer:	A. Behrensmeyer, P. Mannion, R. Benson, M. Carrano
Modifier:	M. Carrano	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2001-04-16 01:00:00	Last modified:	2023-11-21 16:32:14
Access level:	the public	Released:	2001-04-16 01:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

53336.

M. K. Jesup. 1898. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. Annual Report of the President, Treasurer's Report, List of Accessions, Act of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members for the Year 1897 17–19; 103-104 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

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58849		Anonymous. 1906. Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology, explorations of 1905. The American Museum Journal 6(1):13-15 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
58851		Anonymous. 1907. A Diplodocus for the Frankfurt Museum. The American Museum Journal 7:98-100 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65427		R. T. Bakker. 1996. The real Jurassic park: dinosaurs and habitats at Como Bluff, Wyoming. In M. Morales (ed.), The Continental Jurassic. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 60:35-49 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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13449	ETE	C. W. Gilmore. 1909. Osteology of the Jurassic reptile Camptosaurus, with a revision of the genus, and descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 36(1666):197-332 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13286	ETE	S. T. Hasiotis, A. R. Fiorillo, and R. R. Hanna. 1999. Preliminary report on borings in Jurassic dinosaur bones: evidence for invertebrate-vertebrate interactions. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:193-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14442	ETE	O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17769	ETE	A. P. Hunt, C. A. Meyer, M. G. Lockley and S. G. Lucas. 1995. Archaeology, toothmarks and sauropod dinosaur taphonomy. In M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, C. A. Meyer, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:225-231 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52132		T. Ikejiri. 2005. Distribution and biochronology of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Rocky Mountain region. In S. G. Lucas, K. E. Ziegler, V. W. Lueth, D. E. Owen (eds.), New Mexico Geological Society, 56th Field Conference, Geology of the Chama Basin. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 56:367-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]
53335		M. K. Jesup. 1899. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. Annual Report of the President, Treasurer's Report, List of Accessions, Act of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members for the Year 1898 17-18; 54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53328		M. K. Jesup. 1900. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. Annual Report of the President, Treasurer's Report, List of Accessions, Act of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members for the Year 1899 19; 64-65 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53329		M. K. Jesup. 1901. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. Annual Report of the President, Treasurer's Report, List of Accessions, Act of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members for the Year 1900 21–23; 76-77 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53330		M. K. Jesup. 1902. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. Annual Report of the President, Treasurer's Report, List of Accessions, Act of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members for the Year 1901 26-28 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53332		M. K. Jesup. 1904. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. Annual Report of the President, Treasurer's Report, List of Accessions, Act of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members for the Year 1903 16-18; 52 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53331		M. K. Jesup. 1906. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology. Annual Report of the President, Treasurer's Report, List of Accessions, Act of Incorporation, Contract with the Department of Parks, Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members for the Year 1905 17–18; 52-53 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46729		T. Keller. 1973. Diplodocus—Fossil und Leiche [Diplodocus—fossil and body]. Natur und Museum 103(9):320-333 [M. Bell/M. Bell/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]
54331		R. S. Lull. 1926. Early fossil hunting in the Rocky Mountains. Natural History 26(5):455-461 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
51984		W. D. Matthew. 1905. The mounted skeleton of Brontosaurus. The American Museum Journal 5(2):63-70 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
75719		H. J. McGinnis. 1982. Carnegie's Dinosaurs. A Comprehensive Guide to Dinosaur Hall at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Institute 1-119 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46207		J. S. McIntosh. 1981. Annotated catalogue of the dinosaurs (Reptilia, Archosauria) in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 18:1-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78581		J. S. McIntosh. 1990. The second Jurassic dinosaur rush. Earth Sciences History 9(1):22-27 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
69430		R. L. Moodie. 1930. The Dinosaurs of Wyoming 22:1-119 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78170		C. C. Mook. 1916. Study of the Morrison Formation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 27:39-191 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
18091	ETE	C. C. Mook. 1917. Criteria for the determination of species in the Sauropoda, with description of a new species of Apatosaurus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(16):355-358 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
18723	ETE	V. L. Morgan and S. G. Lucas. 2002. Walter Granger, 1872-1941, paleontologist. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 19:1-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13099	ETE	H. F. Osborn. 1899. Fore and hind limbs of carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Wyoming. Dinosaur contributions, no. 3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(11):161-172 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13070	ETE	H. F. Osborn. 1901. Fore and hind limbs of Sauropoda from the Bone Cabin Quarry. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 142(132):199-208 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13098	ETE	H. F. Osborn. 1903. The skull of Creosaurus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(31):697-701 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
9630		H. F. Osborn. 1903. Ornitholestes hermanni, a new compsognathoid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(12):459-464 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13100	ETE	H. F. Osborn. 1904. Manus, sacrum, and caudals of Sauropoda. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(14):181-190 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54059		H. F. Osborn. 1904. Fossil wonders of the west. The dinosaurs of the Bone-Cabin Quarry, being the first description of the greatest "find" of extinct animals ever made. Century Magazine 68:680-694 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
13101	ETE	H. F. Osborn. 1905. Skull and skeleton of the sauropodous dinosaurs, Morosaurus and Brontosaurus. Science 22(560):374-376 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54066		H. F. Osborn. 1905. Western explorations for fossil vertebrates. The Popular Science Monthly 67:561-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12386	ETE	H. F. Osborn. 1912. Crania of Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History. New Series 1(1):1-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53965		H. F. Osborn. 1915. The dinosaurs of the Bone-Cabin Quarry. In W. D. Matthew (ed.), Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collections 131-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
49782		A. C. Pritchard, A. H. Turner, E. R. Allen and M. A. Norell. 2013. Osteology of a North American Goniopholidid (Eutretauranosuchus delfsi) and Palate Evolution in Neosuchia. American Museum Novitates 3783:1-56 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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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]
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]
68170		J. Versluys. 1910. Streptostylie bei Dinosauriern, nebst Bemerkungen über die Verwandtschaft der Vögel und Dinosaurier [Streptostyly in dinosaurs, along with remarks on the relationship of birds and dinosaurs]. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere 30:175-260 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
61465		S. W. Williston. 1915. The first discovery of dinosaurs in the west. In W. D. Matthew (ed.), Dinosaurs. American Museum of Natural History Handbook 5:124-131 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55126		O. Wings. 2015. The rarity of gastroliths in sauropod dinosaurs – a case study in the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation, western USA. Fossil Record 18(1):1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]