Tom's Place Quarry, FPA: Tithonian, Colorado
collected by G. Callison & party 1980
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Cambaridae
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cf. Cambaridae indet.
Hobbs 1942
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Kirkland 2006 | |||||||||
| crayfish fragments | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Reculida
- Stygneidae
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Trichoptera indet.
Kirby 1815
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Kirkland 2006 | |||||||||
| caddisfly cases | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Parviraptor sp.
Evans 1994
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Paramacellodidae
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Saurillodon sp.
Estes 1983
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Paramacellodus sp.
Hoffstetter 1967
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Anguimorpha indet.
Fürbringer 1900
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholis sp.
Owen 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Diplodocidae
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Diplodocidae indet.
Marsh 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Sphenodontia
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Sphenodontia indet.
(Jaekel 1910)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Opisthias sp.
Gilmore 1909
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Triconodonta
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Triconodonta indet.
Osborn 1888
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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31 elements | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Mesa |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 108.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 55.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 | Member: | Brushy Basin | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: above the local "clay change" in the lower part of the member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "fine smectitic mud with large barite nodules" | |
| Environment: | pond |
| Geology comments: overbank/floodplain - thick alkaline pond deposit on floodplain | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Lagerst�tten type: | concentrate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils | ||
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | G. Callison & party | Collection dates: | 1980s |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Fruita, LACM #5573, CO-33 | ||
| Database number: | 58811 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-24 10:06:34 | Last modified: | 2022-02-07 06:25:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-24 10:06:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 61877 | J. R. Foster, J. B. McHugh, J. E. Peterson and M. F. Leschin. 2016. Major bonebeds in mudrocks of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic), northern Colorado Plateau of Utah and Colorado. Geology of the Intermountain West 3:33-66 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 65150 | J. I. Kirkland. 2006. Fruita Paleontological Area (Upper Jurassic, Morrison Formation), western Colorado: an example of terrestrial taphofacies analysis. In J. R. Foster & S. G. Lucas (ed.), Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:67-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |