Freeze Out Mtns. Kansas Univ. Expedition: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Camarasauridae
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Morosaurus grandis
(Marsh 1877)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Camarasaurus grandis | ||||||||||
KUVP 1354 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Diplodocus sp.
Marsh 1878
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Williston 1901 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Stegosauridae
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Stegosaurus sp.
Marsh 1877
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Williston 1901 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Allosaurus fragilis
Marsh 1877
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Williston 1901 | |||||||||
Antrodemus valens
(Leidy 1870)
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Williston 1901 | |||||||||
synonym of Allosaurus fragilis | ||||||||||
Creosaurus atrox
Marsh 1878
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Williston 1901 | 1 individual | ||||||||
synonym of Allosaurus fragilis | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Converse |
Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 106.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.6° North, 52.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
*Period: | Late/Upper Jurassic | *Epoch: | Malm |
*International age/stage: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 157.30000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Morrison | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: referred to in text as "Atlantosaurus Beds" and "Como Beds", and as Lower Cretaceous |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Freezeout Hills Quarry | ||
Database number: | 13214 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-01-29 12:59:19 | Last modified: | 2020-06-11 13:24:36 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-01-29 12:59:19 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
52556. | S. W. Williston. 1898. The sacrum of Morosaurus. Kansas University Quarterly 7:173-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
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] | |
4387 | 5% 37840 | S. W. Williston. 1901. The dinosaurian genus Creosaurus, Marsh. American Journal of Science, series 4 11(11):111-114 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |