Cope Quarry III, Cope's Nipple: Tithonian, Colorado
collected by O. W. Lucas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Stegosauridae
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Hypsirophus discurus n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1878
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Carpenter 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 5731 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Epanterias amplexus n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1878
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Cope 1878 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Allosaurus fragilis | ||||||||||
| AMNH 5767 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Camarasauridae
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Amphicoelias altus
Cope 1877
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Carpenter 1998 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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= Camarasaurus supremus
Cope 1877
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Carpenter 1998 | |||||||||
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Camarasaurus leptodirus n. sp.
Cope 1879
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Cope 1879 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Camarasaurus supremus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Amphicoelias fragillimus n. sp.
Cope 1878
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Cope 1878 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Maraapunisaurus fragillimus | ||||||||||
| AMNH FR 5777 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Fremont |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 105.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 52.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Morrison | Member: | Brushy Basin | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: near the top of the Morrison Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "the matrix in the vicinity of the quarry is a reddish mudstone" (ref 19894) | |
| Environment: | dry floodplain |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
| Collectors: | O. W. Lucas |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Saurian Hill | ||
| Database number: | 48129 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-14 14:50:39 | Last modified: | 2021-03-31 14:26:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-14 14:50:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4402. | 5% 37000 | E. D. Cope. 1878. On the Saurians recently discovered in the Dakota Beds of Colorado. The American Naturalist 12(2):71-85 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Whatley] |
Secondary references:
| 12893 | ETE | K. Carpenter. 1998. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Morrison Formation near Cañon City, Colorado. Modern Geology 23:407-426 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 19894 | ETE | K. Carpenter. 2006. Biggest of the big: a critical re-evaluation of the mega-sauropod Amphicoelias fragillimus Cope, 1878. 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 36:131-137 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 9077 | E. D. Cope. 1878. A new opisthocoelous dinosaur. American Naturalist 12(6):406 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 4411 | 5% 36920 | E. D. Cope. 1878. A new species of Amphicoelias. The American Naturalist 12:563-564 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Whatley] |
| 9088 | E. D. Cope. 1879. New Jurassic Dinosauria. American Naturalist 13:402-404 [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] |
| 76171 | P. M. Galton. 2010. Species of plated dinosaur Stegosaurus (Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic) of western USA: new type species designation needed. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 103:187-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 16552 | ETE | P. Upchurch, P. M. Barrett, and P. Dodson. 2004. Sauropoda. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 259-322 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |