Stovall's Pit 1, Kenton (OMNH V92): Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Oklahoma
collected by J. W. Stovall 1931-1932, 1935–1942
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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? Camptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1885
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Camarasaurus sp.
Cope 1877
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Carpenter and McIntosh 1994 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| NISP = 19 | ||||||||||
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= Camptosaurus dispar
Marsh 1879
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Weishampel and Weishampel 1983 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Stegosauridae
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Stegosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Ceratosaurus sp.
Marsh 1884
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Allosauridae
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Saurophaganax maximus n. gen., n. sp.
Chure 1995
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Chure 1995 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| remainder of original Saurophagus maximus material | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Saurophagus maximus n. gen., n. sp.
Ray 1941
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Ray 1941 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Allosaurus fragilis | ||||||||||
| OMNH 4666 (tibia) only (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Carpenter and McIntosh 1994 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| Camarasaurus or Apatosaurus; OMNH 1247, 1250, 1206, 1233, 1412, 1230 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Brachiosauridae
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Brachiosaurus sp.
Riggs 1903
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Wedel et al. 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| OMNH 01138 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Diplodocinae indet.
Janensch 1929
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | |||||||||
| Barosaurus sp. or Diplodocus sp. | ||||||||||
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Diplodocus sp.
Marsh 1878
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | |||||||||
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Apatosaurus parvus
(Peterson and Gilmore 1902)
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Upchurch et al. 2004 | |||||||||
| recombined as Brontosaurus parvus | ||||||||||
| OMNH 1300 (scapula) | ||||||||||
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Brontosaurus excelsus
Marsh 1879
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| NISP = 33 | ||||||||||
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= Apatosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Czaplewski et al. 1994 | |||||||||
| OMNH 1210, 1217, 1219, 1226, 1245-1246, 1251, 1255, 1274-1281, 1285-1300, 1907, 2115, 4019, 01368 | ||||||||||
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= cf. Apatosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Turner and Peterson 1999 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Altitude: | 4153 meters | ||||
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | wet floodplain |
| Geology comments: poorly drained floodplain; "The depositional facies of the quarry suggest that the bones were transported by a flood splay(s)." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| 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: | 1931-1932, 1935–1942 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | OK-1, WPA, OMNH Quarry 1 | ||
| Database number: | 49338 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-13 10:25:39 | Last modified: | 2023-07-31 13:59:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-13 10:25:39 |
| 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:
| 14306 | ETE | M. F. Bonnan and M. J. Wedel. 2004. First occurrence of Brachiosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Oklahoma. PaleoBios 24(2):13-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14211 | ETE | K. Carpenter and J. McIntosh. 1994. Upper Jurassic sauropod babies from the Morrison Formation. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies 265-278 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 13171 | ETE | D. J. Chure. 1995. A reassessment of the gigantic theropod Saurophagus maximus from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Oklahoma, USA. A. Sun and Y. Wang (eds.), Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Short Papers, China Ocean Press, Beijing 103-106 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14253 | ETE | N. J. Czaplewski, R. L. Cifelli, and W. Langston. 1994. Catalog of type and figured fossil vertebrates, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 94-1:1-35 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 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] |
| 19565 | ETE | J. R. Foster. 2005. New juvenile sauropod material from western Colorado, and the record of juvenile sauropods from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. In K. Carpenter and V. Tidwell (eds.), Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 141-153 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 69484 | J. R. Foster and J. E. Peterson. 2016. First report of Apatosaurus (Diplodocidae: Apatosaurinae) from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah: abundance, distribution, paleoecology, and taphonomy of an endemic North American sauropod clade. Palaeoworld 25:431-443 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 63054 | C. W. Gilmore. 1939. A review of recent progress in reptilian paleontology. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 50:337-348 [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] | |
| 10389 | G. E. Ray. 1941. Big for his day. Natural History 41:36-39 [M. Carrano/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] | |
| 51929 | G. E. Schultz. 1972. Vertebrate paleontology of the southern High Plains. In V. C. Kelly & F. D. Trauger (ed.), Guidebook to the Geology of East Central New Mexico, 23rd Field Conference 129-133 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14767 | ETE | D. K. Smith. 1998. A morphometric analysis of Allosaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(1):126-142 [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] | |
| 31723 | ETE | M. P. Taylor. 2009. A re-evaluation of Brachiosaurus altithorax Riggs 1903 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and its generic separation from Giraffatitan brancai (Janensch 1914). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):787-806 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 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] |
| 55036 | P. Upchurch, Y. Tomida, and P. M. Barrett. 2004. A new specimen of Apatosaurus ajax (Sauropoda, Diplodocidae) from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Wyoming, USA. National Science Museum Monographs 26:1-118 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 82687 | M. J. Wedel, M. F. Bonnan, and R. K. Sanders. 2002. Two previously unreported sauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3 (suppl.)):118A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 61518 | D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |