Stovall's Pit 3A, Kenton (OMNH): Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Oklahoma
collected by J. W. Stovall 1930

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Stegosauridae
Stegosaurus sp. Marsh 1877
Foster 2003 1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oklahoma County:Cimarron
Coordinates: 36.9° North, 102.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.2° North, 50.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval:Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age range of interval:152.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Morrison Member:Kenton
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: middle of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:wet floodplain
Geology comments: poorly drained floodplain
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J. W. Stovall Collection dates:1930s
Metadata
Also known as:WPA
Database number:56421
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-18 08:27:16 Last modified:2023-07-31 14:00:35
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-18 08:27:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
14256.ETE J. W. Stovall. 1938. The Morrison of Oklahoma and its dinosaurs. Journal of Geology 46:583-600 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

15179ETE 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]
85444 D. R. Richmond, T. C. Hunt, and R. L. Cifelli. 2020. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Morrison Formation in the western panhandle of Oklahoma with reference to the historical Stovall dinosaur quarries. Journal of Geology 128:477-515 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62307 J. W. Stovall. 1943. Stratigraphy of the Cimarron Valley (Mesozoic rocks). In S. L. Schoff & J. W. Stovall (ed.), Geology and Ground Water Resources of Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 64:43-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]