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Morrison, USA

FormationMorrison
Member(s)Brushy Basin
Brushy Basin/Salt Wash
Indian Fort
Jackpile Sandstone
Lake Como
Recapture
Recapture Creek
Salt Wash
Talking Rocks
Tidwell
Unit B
Westwater
Age:151 - 90 Ma
Mesozoic
IntervalKimmeridgian - Tithonian
Lithologysandstone, mudstone, "siliciclastic", "shale"/siltstone, sandstone/"shale", "limestone"/claystone, sandstone/mudstone, siltstone/claystone, claystone, sandstone/siltstone, siltstone/"limestone", mudstone/siltstone, mudstone/sandstone, grainstone/siltstone, conglomerate, conglomerate/sandstone, "limestone"/mudstone, siltstone/sandstone, mudstone/claystone, siltstone, sandstone/"limestone", lime mudstone/mudstone
Number of Collections126
Number of Occurrences445

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Mygatt-Moore QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Riggs Quarry 12Colorado National Monument, Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Riggs Quarry 14Colorado National Monument, Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Quarry 9Albany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Quarry 1Albany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Freeze Out Mtns. Kansas Univ. ExpeditionCarbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Lakes Quarry 10Jefferson County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Carnegie Quarry DAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Lake Como
Bone Cabin Quarry Albany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Lake Como
BS Quarry + S QuarryFremont County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
RB QuarryHot Springs County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Jim's Place QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Rainbow Park Uintah County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Peterson QuarryBernalillo County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Dinosaur National Monument Quarry Uintah County, Utah, USAMorrison
Central Montana 13-16Judith Basin County, Montana, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin/Salt Wash
Morrison of Great Falls-LewistownJudith Basin County, Montana, USAMorrison
SE Utah/Montezuma CreekSan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Brushy Basin Flora/Dinosaur Nat. Mon.Moffat County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Mygatt-Moore Quarry CzekanowskiaMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Johnny M Uranian MineMcKinley County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Westwater
East Canyon QuarrySan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Tidwell
Felch Quarry 1Fremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Lakes Quarry 5Jefferson County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Dominguez/Jones QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Suwanee PeakCibola County, New Mexico, USAMorrison
Minnekahta tracksiteFall River County, South Dakota, USAMorrison
Jane Austen tracksiteAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Riggs Quarry 15Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Rattlesnake Ridge QuarryCarbon County, Montana, USAMorrison
NMMNH L-3281Union County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
NMMNH L-3285 vertebrate siteSandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
NMMNH L-369Sandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Punta de GallegosHarding County, New Mexico, USAMorrison
CO-49Gunnison County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Meilyn QuarryCarbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Quarry 13Albany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Lake Como
Quarry 1ACarbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Quarry 1-1/2Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Quarry 2Albany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Quarry 3Albany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Quarry 4Albany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Quarry 5Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Quarry 7Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Quarry 12Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Main Breakfast Bench QuarryAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Chuck's Prospect Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Quarry 9Albany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Dry Mesa Quarry [BYU]Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Howe QuarryBig Horn County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Howe-Stephens QuarryBig Horn County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
East Camarasaurus Quarry '93Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Willow Springs QuarryEmery County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Hups QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Cope Quarry IFremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Cope Quarry XIIFremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Delfs QuarryFremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Cope Quarry XVFremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Kessler's QuarryFremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Lindsey Quarry Fremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Valley of Death 5Fremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Jennings & Johnson locality Fremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Alcova Quarry Natrona County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Red ForkJohnson County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Carnegie Quarry NAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
OMNH Quarry 1Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Brush CreekUintah County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Stovall's Pit 5Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USAMorrison
Hinkle Site Grand County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Cabin Creek QuarryGunnison County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Potter Creek QuarryMontrose County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Upper Strickland Creek QuarryPark County, Montana, USAMorrison
Bear Butte QuarryMeade County, South Dakota, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Green River Dinosaur QuarryEmery County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Fuller's 351 Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Wonderland Quarry Meade County, South Dakota, USAMorrison
Parker's Mystery LocalityFall River County, South Dakota, USAMorrison
Inyan Kara Creek Crook County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
SDSM V9139Crook County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Eriksen CeratosaurusMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur QuarryEmery County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
YPM 64-23Big Horn County, Montana, USAMorrison
NMMNH locality L-210Sandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
NMMNH locality L-344Sandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Jackpile Sandstone
DNM 315Uintah County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Carnegie Quarry CAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Lake Como
Middle Park Grand County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Purgatoire River tracksiteLas Animas County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Unit B
Higbee tracksiteOtero County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Young localityDelta County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
DNM 375Uintah County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Main Callison QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Uravan Locality Paradox Valley, Uravan Mining District, Montrose County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Kirkland Egg siteMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Dinosaur Ridge I-70 section Jefferson County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Lower Slide LakeTeton County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Ninemile Quarry Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Kings View QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Red MountainCarbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Fox Mesa Big Horn County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Buffalo QuarryJohnson County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Nielsen Gulch Uintah County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Lynn QuarryCarbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
AMNH Stego 99 QuarryCarbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Bernice QuarryAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Indian Fort
Mile 175 Crook County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Boundary Butte tracksiteSan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Bollan QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Riggs Quarry 13Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Holt QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Freezeout Hills Quarry 4Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Carnegie Quarry FAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Talking Rocks
Carnegie Quarry JAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Hatch RanchMeade County, South Dakota, USAMorrison
Acoma SiteCibola County, New Mexico, USAMorrison
Rainbow Park microsite Uintah County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Bobcat PitWeston County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Paint CreekPark County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Poison Creek Quarry Johnson County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Blacktail CreekCrook County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Dyer Ranch Quarry 1Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Hanksville-Burpee QuarryHenry Mountains, Garfield County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Utah Field House QuarryUintah County, Utah, USAMorrison
Mill Canyon Quarry Grand County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Floy JunctionGrand County, Utah, USAMorrison
Cisco sauropod siteGrand County, Utah, USAMorrison
Emery County sauropod siteEmery County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Tom's Place QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Garden Park baby ornithopod Fremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Hidden Canyon Overlook tracksiteGrand County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Lost Springs tracksiteHenry Mountains, Garfield County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Red Canyon RanchBig Horn County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
ShellBig Horn County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Sand BenchEmery County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Something Interesting Quarry Hot Springs County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Fruitafossor windscheffeli siteMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Sinbad ValleyMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison
NMMNH L-555Sandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Mother's Day QuarryCarbon County, Montana, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Piñon LocalityNavajo County, Arizona, USAMorrison
Wilson CreekFremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Radium LocalityGrand County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Blue Mesa QuarryGunnison County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Masonville localityLarimer County, Colorado, USAMorrison
VillegreenLas Animas County, Colorado, USAMorrison
FPA General Site Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Aurora Quarry 3 Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Alcova Lake Natrona County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Jimbo Quarry Converse County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Zane QuarryAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Lake Como
Section 19 Mine McKinley County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Alcova Lake tracksNatrona County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Lake Como
George's "Coelurosaur" SiteMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Coyote Basin tracksitesBig Horn County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Sah Tah Wash tracksiteApache County, Arizona, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
tracksite 2.4 km west of KentonCimarron County, Oklahoma, USAMorrison
Furnish Canyon pterosaur tracksiteBaca County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Jensen/Jensen QuarryUintah County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
RecaptureSan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Recapture Creek
Little Cottonwood CreekWashakie County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
DMNH 3149Fremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison
La Sal MountainsSan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
north endMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Lance Creek areaNiobrara County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
McConnell ISandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
McConnell IISandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Martini ISandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Cary ISandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Seismosaurus Quarry IIISandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Seismosaurus Quarry IISandoval County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Ute Canyon tracksite Colorado National Monument, Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Dana QuarryWashakie County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Glirodon grandis type siteUintah County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
DMNH Loc. 1505Fremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Calico Gulch Dinosaur QuarryMoffat County, Colorado, USAMorrison
4.8 km WSW of FruitaMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
near Brown's RanchJohnson County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Carnegie Quarry AAlbany County, Wyoming, USAMorrison - Talking Rocks
tracksiteGrand County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Copper Ridge Dinosaur TracksiteGrand County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Rancho del Rio tracksiteEagle County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Gordon-Bramson-Brothers Quarry Pitkin County, Colorado, USAMorrison
McElmo CanyonMesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Section 16 Open SpaceEl Paso County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Eriksen StegosaurMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Taildust Theropod QuarryMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Bull Canyon Guadalupe County, New Mexico, USAMorrison
Bull Canyon Guadalupe County, New Mexico, USAMorrison
5 km west of ExterSocorro County, New Mexico, USAMorrison
16 miles northwest of TucumcariSan Miguel County, New Mexico, USAMorrison
Ute Creek areaHarding County, New Mexico, USAMorrison
Little Wagonhound Creek Carbon County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Sheep Mountain anticlineBig Horn County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Cisco Mammal QuarryGrand County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Montezuma CanyonSan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
White MesaSan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Upper PondMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Callison Quarry #1Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Parking LotMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
NMMNH Loc. 363 Quay County, New Mexico, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
Warm Springs Ranch tracksiteHot Springs County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
Tsetah WIndmill tracksiteApache County, Arizona, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Garden Park Visitor Center tracksiteFremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Garden Park north tracksiteFremont County, Colorado, USAMorrison
East Dalton Wells tracksite Grand County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
East Creek tracksiteMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Frost locality tracksiteColorado National Monument, Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Pollock Canyon tracksiteMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Fort Collins tracksiteLarimer County, Colorado, USAMorrison
Gray Daun Mine tracksiteSan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Copper Canyon tracksiteHenry Mountains, Garfield County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
West Rabbit Ridge tracksiteGrand County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
tracksite north of Boise CityCimarron County, Oklahoma, USAMorrison
Black Ridge Trail I tracksiteColorado National Monument, Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Black Ridge Trail II tracksiteColorado National Monument, Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Black DInah Mine tracksiteMontrose County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Grand Junction tracksiteMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison
West Monument Mesa tracksiteColorado National Monument, Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Split Rock Waterfall tracksiteMesa County, Colorado, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
CLDQ southwest tracksiteEmery County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
CLDQ Visitors Center tracksiteEmery County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
San Rafael River tracksiteEmery County, Utah, USAMorrison - Brushy Basin
East Canyon I tracksiteSan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
La Sal Loop Road tracksiteSan Juan County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash
Cedar Ridge tracksiteFremont County, Wyoming, USAMorrison
DNM Allosaurus QuarryUintah County, Utah, USAMorrison - Salt Wash

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Cloverly113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
25
Cloverly - Himes113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
sandstone, claystone, mudstone, mudstone/claystone217
Lance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
mudstone/sandstone1
Menefee - Cleary Coal85.8 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
20
Morrison - Brushy Basin151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
mudstone/conglomerate, claystone/sandstone, mudstone/sandstone, claystone, sandstone/mudstone, mudstone, "siliciclastic", sandstone/claystone, sandstone, siltstone, siltstone/ash, mudstone/lime mudstone, siltstone/sandstone, conglomerate, "limestone", conglomerate/"shale", sandstone/siltstone, claystone/"limestone", "limestone"/mudstone886
Morrison - Brushy Basin/Salt Wash164 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
21
Morrison - Indian Fort152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
sandstone/mudstone, mudstone7
Morrison - Jackpile Sandstone157 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
sandstone2
Morrison - Lake Como157 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
marl/"limestone", sandstone, mudstone, sandstone/claystone, "limestone", "shale"/sandstone81
Morrison - Recapture157 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
1
Morrison - Recapture Creek157 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
1
Morrison - Salt Wash156 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
claystone/"shale", sandstone/mudstone, mudstone/sandstone, mudstone, sandstone, sandstone/siltstone, siltstone, sandstone/claystone, conglomerate/sandstone95
Morrison - Talking Rocks157 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
claystone, mudstone17
Morrison - Tidwell161 - 156 Ma
Jurassic
sandstone1
Morrison - Unit B157 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
lime mudstone26
Morrison - Westwater164 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
mudstone1
Summerville164 - 152 Ma
Jurassic
sandstone, "siliciclastic"15
Summerville/Bluff Sandstone164 - 152 Ma
Jurassic
sandstone7
Sundance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
limestone9
Sundance - Windy Hill Sandstone164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
sandstone, "limestone"5
Chinle - Sloan Canyon228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
sandstone/siltstone, siltstone, conglomerate, sandstone/claystone32
Glen Canyon - Wingate Sandstone201 - 199 Ma
Early Jurassic
mudstone, sandstone, sandstone/conglomerate, "siliciclastic"45
Montana - Pierre Shale - Sharon Springs83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
shale, "shale"/"limestone", "limestone"49
San Rafael - Entrada Sandstone164 - 151 Ma
Jurassic
sandstone5

Recorded Fossils


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