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Rainbow Park microsite , Uintah County, Utah, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	40.5046,-109.165
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	Utah, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Uintah County, Utah, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Lithology	Age
DNM 317 (Squamate locality)	Evans S. E., Chure D. C. (1998)	Morrison - Brushy Basin	not reported	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
DNM 412 (Squamate locality)	Evans S. E., Chure D. C. (1998)	Morrison - Brushy Basin	not reported	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Rainbow Park microsite (DNM 96)	Chure D. J., Engelmann G. F. (1989)	Morrison - Brushy Basin	mudstone	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Actinopterygii class	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Chondrichthyes class	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Mammalia class	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Theria subclass	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Theria	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Priacodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Triconodontidae : *Priacodon*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Triconolestes sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Amphilestidae : *Triconolestes*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Multituberculata order	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Multituberculata	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Dryolestes sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dryolestidae : *Dryolestes*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Euthlastus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Paurodontidae : *Euthlastus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Symmetrodonta infraclass	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Symmetrodonta	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Dryosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dryosauridae : *Dryosaurus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Camptosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : *Camptosaurus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Ornithischia unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Stegosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Stegosauridae : *Stegosaurus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Anura order	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Eobatrachus : Anura	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Discoglossidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Discoglossidae	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Enneabatrachus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Discoglossidae : *Enneabatrachus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Rhadinosteus parvus species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Rhinophrynidae : Rhadinosteus : *Rhadinosteus parvus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Caudata unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Comonecturoides : Caudata	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Iridotriton hechti species	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Caudata : Urodeles : Iridotriton : *Iridotriton hechti*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Amniota unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Amniota	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Crocodylia order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Eutretauranosuchus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae : *Eutretauranosuchus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Goniopholis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae : *Goniopholis*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Opisthias sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia : Sphenodontidae : *Opisthias*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Theretairus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia : Sphenodontidae : *Theretairus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Lacertilia suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertilia	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Paramacellodus oweni species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Paramacellodidae : Paramacellodus : *Paramacellodus oweni*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Glyptops sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pleurosternidae : *Glyptops*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Allosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Allosauridae : *Allosaurus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Camarasaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Camarasauridae : *Camarasaurus*	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Sauropoda unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Theropoda unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic
Mollusca phylum	Animalia : Mollusca	157.3 - 152.1 Ma Jurassic

References

Chure D. J., Engelmann G. F. (1989) The fauna of the Morrison Formation in Dinosaur National Monument, In J. J. Flynn (ed.), Mesozoic/Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleontology: Classic Localities, Contemporary Approaches: Field Trip Guide Book T322. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 8-14

Henrici A. C. (1998) A new pipoid anuran from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 2, 321-332

Evans S. E., Chure D. C. (1998) Paramacellodid lizard skulls from the Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 1, 99-114

Foster J. R. (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

Evans S. E., Lally C., et al (2005) A Late Jurassic salamander (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Morrison Formation of North America, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 4, 599-616

Foster J. R., Trujillo K. C., et al (2006) The Late Jurassic mammal Docodon, from the Morrison Formation of The Black Hills, Wyoming: implications for abundance and biogeography of the genus, Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36, 165-169

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