ammonites
Green River Dinosaur Quarry (Jurassic to of the United States)

Also known as UT-9; UMNH VP LOC 60, UGS EM363V

Where: Emery County, Utah (39.0° N, 110.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 56.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Brushy Basin Member (Morrison Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 145.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; gray mudstone

• poorly drained floodplain
• "a gray mudstone unit"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Gillette in 1992–1995

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. L. Kolb, L. E. Davis, and D. D. Gillette. 1996. The theropod dinosaur Allosaurus Marsh from the upper part of the Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) near Green River, Utah. In A. C. Huffman Jr., W. R Lund, & L. H. Godwin (eds.), 1996 Field Symposium: Geology and Resources of the Paradox Basin. Utah Field Association Guidebook 25:339-349 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49626: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 20.04.2005

Green River Dinosaur Quarry: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Utah
collected by D. Gillette 1992–1995

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Dinosauria - Stegosauridae
? Stegosaurus sp. Marsh 1877
Turner and Peterson 1999 1 individual
Reptilia - Avetheropoda - Allosauridae
Allosaurus sp. Marsh 1877
1 individual
UMNH VP 5918–5926
Reptilia - Dinosauria
? Camarasaurus sp. Cope 1877
Turner and Peterson 1999 1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Emery
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 110.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.4° North, 56.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age range of interval:155.7 - 145.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Morrison Member:Brushy Basin
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a gray mudstone unit"
Environment:wet floodplain
Geology comments: poorly drained floodplain
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:salvage,selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Rock censused:600000 cm2 (area)
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:D. Gillette Collection dates:1992–1995
Taxonomic list comments: supposedly "at least five dinosaur species" at the site
Metadata
Also known as:UT-9; UMNH VP LOC 60, UGS EM363V
Database number:49626
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:ETE,vertebrate
Created:2005-04-20 20:56:26 Last modified:2012-04-05 07:54:37
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-20 20:56:26
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Reference information
Primary reference:
41026 R. L. Kolb, L. E. Davis, and D. D. Gillette. 1996. The theropod dinosaur Allosaurus Marsh from the upper part of the Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) near Green River, Utah. In A. C. Huffman Jr., W. R Lund, & L. H. Godwin (eds.), 1996 Field Symposium: Geology and Resources of the Paradox Basin. Utah Field Association Guidebook 25:339-349 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

15179ETE 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]
13281ETE 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]