FS Quarry, Warm Springs Ranch: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Wyoming
collected by Naus 1993-
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Diplodocus carnegii
Hatcher 1901
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1 individual | |||||||||
| WDC-FS001A | ||||||||||
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= Diplodocinae informal n. gen.
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Tschopp et al. 2015 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Hot Springs |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 53.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Morrison | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 2 bone-bearing layers | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary calcareous mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a calcareous, nodular mudstone, limestone, or "carbonate mud"." | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: "probable lacustrine" or "para-lacustrine" (i.e. ephemeral lake) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 5 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Naus | Collection dates: | 1993- |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Foot Site | ||
| Database number: | 68100 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-01-03 11:14:35 | Last modified: | 2008-12-09 14:23:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-03 11:14:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19572. | ETE | M. W. Bedell, Jr. and D. L. Trexler. 2005. First articulated manus of Diplodocus carnegii. In K. Carpenter and V. Tidwell (eds.), Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 302-320 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 55026 | E. Tschopp, O. Mateus, and R. B. J. Benson. 2015. A specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of Diplodocidae (Dinosauria, Sauropoda). PeerJ 3:e857 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |