Dry Mesa Quarry

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dinosaur quarry fossil site paleontological site

Dry Mesa Quarry is a renowned Late Jurassic dinosaur fossil site in western Colorado known for yielding a rich assemblage of large dinosaur remains.

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instanceOf dinosaur quarry ⓘ
fossil site ⓘ
paleontological site ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discoveredFossil Allosaurus sp. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apatosaurus sp. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Camarasaurus sp. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dystylosaurus edwini NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stegosaurus sp. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Supersaurus vivianae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torvosaurus tanneri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ultrasaurus macintoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicAge Late Jurassic ⓘ
geologicPeriod Jurassic ⓘ
geologicStage Kimmeridgian–Tithonian ⓘ
hasLithology mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
knownFor high diversity of dinosaur taxa ⓘ
large dinosaur fossils ⓘ
sauropod dinosaur remains ⓘ
stegosaur remains ⓘ
theropod dinosaur remains ⓘ
locatedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

western Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
paleoenvironment fluvial floodplain ⓘ
partOf Morrison Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchField vertebrate paleontology ⓘ
significance important for understanding Late Jurassic dinosaur diversity in North America ⓘ
source of some of the largest known sauropod remains ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
stratigraphicUnit Brushy Basin Member NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeSpanEnd about 145 million years ago ⓘ
timeSpanStart about 155 million years ago ⓘ
yieldedFossilGroup Dinosauria ⓘ
Sauropoda ⓘ
Stegosauria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theropoda ⓘ

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Allosaurus → fossilSite → Dry Mesa Quarry ⓘ