Morrison Formation
434 distinct taxa, from 2,016 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 165–90 Mya.
Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana · US
434 taxa · 2,016 fossils · 165–90 MyaMembers recorded: Brushy Basin, Lake Como, Talking Rocks, Salt Wash, Indian Fort, Kenton, Unit B, Tidwell, Westwater Canyon, Boise, Cimarron, Jackpile Sandstone.
Macrostrat dates this rock 175–143 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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181 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Camarasaurus
- Allosaurus
- Theropoda
- Sauropoda
- Stegosaurus
- Apatosaurus
- Dinosauria
- Diplodocus
- Glyptops
- Ornithopoda
- Goniopholis
- Camptosaurus
- Allosaurus fragilis
- Crocodylia
- Nanosaurus agilis
- Diplodocidae
- Mammalia
- Testudines
- Ceratodus
- Opisthias
- Diplodocinae
- Barosaurus
- Actinopterygii
- Brachiosaurus
- Ceratosaurus
- Brontosaurus excelsus
- Camarasaurus grandis
- Multituberculata
- Pterosauria
- Dryosaurus
- Gastropoda
- Caudata
- Anura
- Camarasaurus lentus
- Camptosaurus dispar
- Dryolestes priscus
- Equisetum
- Goniopholididae
- Lacertilia
- Stegosaurus stenops
The 40 most often recorded, of 434.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.