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List of dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation

The Morrison Formation is a distinctive sequence of Upper Jurassic sedimentary rock that is found in the western United States, which has been the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America. It is composed of mudstone, sandstone, siltstone and limestone and is light grey, greenish gray, or red. Most of the fossils occur in the green siltstone beds and lower sandstones, relics of the rivers and floodplains of the Jurassic period.

Fauna comparisons edit

The fauna of Morrison Formation is similar to one in the coeval rocks of Tendaguru Beds (in Tanzania) and Lourinhã Formation in Portugal,[1] mostly with the second. Some genera are shared in Morrison and Lourinhã, such as Torvosaurus,[2] Ceratosaurus,[3] Stegosaurus, Dryosaurus,[4] and Allosaurus.[5] In sum, Morrison Fm has 37 valid genera of dinosaurs.

Ornithischians edit

The herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs were diverse but not as common as sauropods in the Morrison. Fruitadens, previously known as the "Fruita Echinodon", was found to be a heterodontosaurid. Plate-backed stegosaurids included Hesperosaurus mjosi, Stegosaurus armatus, S. ungulatus, S. stenops, and Alcovasaurus longispinus. Armored dinosaurs that weren't stegosaurs were unknown in the formation until the 1990s. Two have been named: Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum and Mymoorapelta maysi. Ornithopods, bipedal herbivores, came in several types. Small "hypsilophodonts" included Drinker nisti, Laosaurus celer, "L." gracilis, Nanosaurus agilis, Othnielia rex, and Othnielosaurus consors (all of which are now synonymous with Nanosaurus). Larger but similar-looking dryosaurids were represented by two species of Dryosaurus (D. altus and D. elderae) and the camptosaurid Uteodon aphanoecetes, which is currently known only from Dinosaur National Monument. Still larger was the more common Camptosaurus dispar. Dryosaurids and camptosaurids were early iguanodonts, a group that would later spawn the duck-billed dinosaurs.

Neornithischians edit

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Anomoepus

Colorado[6]

Morrison Anomoepus lack the handprint impressions found associated with earlier instances of the ichnogenus in New England.[6]

 
Camptosaurus dispar
 
Dryosaurus altus
 
Nanosaurus agilis
 
Uteodon aphanoecetes

Camptosaurus[7]

C. amplus[8]

Wyoming [8][9]

Now known to be based on a theropod foot.[10]

C. aphanoecetes[11]

Utah, Brushy Basin member[11]

Reclassified as Uteodon.

C. browni[12]

Junior synonym of C. dispar.[13]

C. dispar[14][15]

Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming[16][17][14][9]

"[Twenty-five to thirty] disarticulated skull elements, some with associated postcrania, approximately [ten] partial, articulated skeletons, juvenile to adult."[18]

A member of Camptosauridae. Junior synonyms include Camptosaurus browni, C. medius, and C. nanus.

C. medius[12]

Junior synonym of C. dispar.[13]

C. nanus[12]

Junior synonym of C. dispar.[13]

Dinehichnus[6]

Utah, Saltwash member[6]

Multiple Dinehichnus trackways have been discovered. The tracks run parallel to one another, indicating that the trackmaker was at least somewhat of a social animal.[6]

Dinehichnus are attributed to dryosaurids. The tracks preserve feet characterized by widely splayed toes and that are rotated somewhat toward the midline of the trackmaker's body. Each track is accompanied by "distinct ... heel impressions".[6]

Drinker[7][19]

D. nisti[19]

Wyoming[9][20]

"Partial skull and postcranial skeleton."[21]

A basal neornithischian about 2 m long, slightly smaller than Othnielosaurus.[19] Junior synonym of Nanosaurus agilis[22]

Dryosaurus[7]

D. altus[14]

Colorado and Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[16][23][9][24][25]

The remains of many individuals have been uncovered, with some sites containing hundreds of bones from Dryosaurus of multiple age groups.[23]

A large dryosaurid iguanodont up to 2.4 m (7.9 feet) long and 114 kg (251 lbs) in weight. It was physically similar to Othnielosaurus, although larger and with more derived teeth.[24]

D. elderae[22]

Utah, Brushy Basin member[14][25]

A 2 partial skeletons, one a juvenile, and 2 additional fragmentary specimens.

A large dryosaurid iguanodont up to 2.4 m (7.9 feet) long and 114 kg (251 lbs) in weight. It was physically similar to Othnielosaurus, although larger and with more derived teeth.[24]

"Laosaurus"

L. altus

Now known as Dryosaurus altus

L. celer

Wyoming[9]

Considered dubious due to fragmentary remains.

L. consors

Now known as Othnielosaurus consors

"L. gracilis"

Considered dubious due to fragmentary remains.

Nanosaurus

N. agilis

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16][26]

A small basal Neornithischian known from dozens of individuals.[22] The holotype, YPM VP 1913, is a fragmentary skeleton from a juvenile.[22]

Othnielia

O. rex[27]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16][26]

Based on an isolated femur.[27]

A small neornithischian 2 m in length. Dubious; many remains historically assigned to this taxon are now place within Nanosaurus.

Othnielosaurus[7]

O. consors

Utah and Wyoming[14][9]

A basal neornithischian about 2 m long. Junior synonym of Nanosaurus agilis[22]

Preprismatoolithus[28]

P. coloradensis[28]

Colorado, Salt Wash member[28]

Eggshell present in great abundance at the so-called "Young Egg Locality" which seems to have been a dinosaur nesting ground.[28] Congeneric eggshell fossils are found at additional Colorado sites including the Fruita Paleontological Area, the Uravan Locality and Garden Park.[28]

P. coloradensis is described by John Foster as being "of the prismatic basic type,"[28] with subspherical eggs about 10 cm (4 inches) in diameter.[29] This oospecies has been attributed to "hypsilophodontid" dinosaurs, although a lack of associated embryo material currently makes confirming the egg-layer's identity impossible.[28]

Tichosteus

T. aequifacies

Colorado[16]

2 partial dorsal centra of a juvenile.

T. lucasanus

Colorado[16]

2 partial dorsal centra.

Uteodon

U. aphanoecetes[11]

Utah, Brushy Basin member[11]

An articulated postcranial skeleton. Sometimes synonymized with Camptosaurus.[22]

Thyreophorans edit

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Alcovasaurus

A. longispinus

Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[9][30]

"Fragmentary postcranial skeleton, adult."[31]

A dacentrurinae stegosaurid physically similar to Stegosaurus stenops but with much larger tail spines.[32] It is also similar to Kentrosaurus in having long dermal spikes on the caudal region.[30] The thighbone length was determined at 1082 millimeters. The longest spike was 86 centimeters long. Its point was broken and it is estimated the original length of the bone core at 985 millimeters. In 2019, the genus Alcovasaurus was considered a junior synonym of Miragaia[33]

Anomoepus

 
Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum
 
Hesperosaurus mjosi
 
Mymoorapelta maysi
 
Stegosaurus stenops
 
Stegosaurus ungulatus

Gargoyleosaurus[7]

G. parkpinorum[34]

Wyoming[9]

"Skull [and] partial postcranium."[35]

A polacanthine nodosaur known from reasonably complete fossil remains. Its skull measures 29 centimeters (11 in) in length, and its total body length is an estimated 3 to 4 meters (9.8 to 13.1 ft.). It may have weighed as much as 1 tonne (2,200 lb.).[34]

Hesperosaurus[7]

H. mjosi[36]

Wyoming[9]

"Complete skeleton with skull, subadult."[37] Known only from a single specimen.[36]

A stegosaurine stegosaurid that was slightly smaller and more primitive than Stegosaurus itself. H. mjosi had a broader skull and longer, lower plates. Considered by some to be a species of Stegosaurus[38]

Mymoorapelta[7]

M. maysi[16]

Colorado and Utah, Brushy Basin member [16][39]

"Skull fragments, portions of [three] skeletons, [and] other postcrania."[40]

Both the first ankylosaur discovered in the formation and the first known North American Jurassic ankylosaur.[41] It probably weighed 500 kg (1,102 lbs) in life.[41]

Stegopodus[42]

Utah[42]

Stegopodus represent only a portion of the Morrison's stegosaur tracks, which are already rare and generally only preserve the animal's hind feet.[42]

Stegosaur tracks which record front feet with five digits and hind feet with three weight-bearing digits.[42] The general morphology of the tracks fit scientific predictions made eight years in advance of the erection of Stegopodus.[42]

Stegosaurus[7]

S. armatus[14]

Colorado, Brushy Basin[16][43]

Several caudal vertebrae and assorted fragmentary postcranial elements.[43]

S. armatus is both the first Stegosaurus to be discovered and the type species.[44] Its type specimen is poorly preserved, incomplete, and lacks diagnostic features.[43] It has been considered dubious, with S. stenops as the neotype species for the genus.[43]

S. stenops[14]

Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[16][14][9][45]

"[Two] complete skeletons with skulls, [four] braincases, at least [fifty] partial postcrania, juvenile to adult."[31]

The best known Stegosaurus species, it has shorter limbs and larger plates than S. ungulatus.[46]

S. sulcatus[14]

Wyoming[47]

Several postcranial elements, including a possible shoulder spike.[43]

Often considered synonymous with S. stenops,[48] it may be distinct. Potentially has a shoulder spike, otherwise unknown in Stegosaurus, despite presence in relatives.[43]

S. ungulatus[14]

Wyoming and Utah[9][14]

Several partial skeletons, including a partial braincase.[43]

S. ungulatus had longer limbs and comparatively smaller plates than the better known S. stenops.[49] Although formerly portrayed with eight tail spikes, it is now known to have had the typical four.[50] Possibly synonymous with S. stenops.[38]

Indeterminate.[51]

New Mexico & Oklahoma[51][17]

Misc edit

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Anomoepus

 
Fruitadens haagarorum

Fruitadens[52]

F. haagarorum[52]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[53]

A partial skull and mandible with several postcranial elements.[54]

Sauropods edit

Sauropods, the giant long-necked long-tailed four-legged herbivorous dinosaurs, are among the most common and famous Morrison fossils. A few have uncertain relationships, like "Apatosaurus" minimus (possibly a basal titanosauriform) and Haplocanthosaurus. Sauropods including Haplocanthosaurus priscus, H. delfsi, and the diplodocid Eobrontosaurus appeared in the early stages of the Morrison. The middle stages were dominated by familiar forms such as the Giraffe-like Brachiosaurus altithorax, which were uncommon, but related camarasaurids, like Camarasaurus supremus, C. grandis, C. lentus, and Cathetosaurus, were very common. Also common were long, low diplodocids, like Apatosaurus ajax, A. louisae, Brontosaurus excelsus, B. parvus, Barosaurus lentus, Diplodocus longus, D. carnegii, Galeamopus and Dyslocosaurus polyonychius.

By the late Morrison, gigantic diplodocids (or likely diplodocids) had appeared, including Diplodocus hallorum (formerly Seismosaurus), Supersaurus vivianae, Amphicoelias altus, and M. fragilimus. Smaller sauropods, such as Suuwassea emiliae from Montana, tend to be found in the northern reaches of the Morrison, near the shores of the ancient Sundance Sea, suggesting ecological niches favoring smaller body size there compared with the giants found further south.[55]

Haplocanthosaurids edit

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Haplocanthosaurus[7]

H. delfsi[16]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16]

Partial skeleton lacking a skull.[56]

Small haplocanthosaurs of indeterminate classification, ranging about 14 m (46 ft) long.

 
Haplocanthosaurus delfsi

H. priscus[16]

Colorado and Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[16][9]

Two skulless partial skeletons.[56]

Rebbachisaurids edit

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Maraapunisaurus[57]

M. fragillimus[16]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16]

A single, now lost, dorsal neural arch.[57]

Large rebbachisaurid. Based on a single lost neural arch 1.5 m (5 ft) tall.[57]

 
Lost type vertebra of Maraapunisaurus fragillimus next to Edward D. Cope.

Dicraeosaurids edit

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Dyslocosaurus

D. polyonychius

Wyoming[58]

A fragmentary forelimb and partial hindlimbs. Phylogenetic placement is uncertain.[58]

Smitanosaurus[59]

S. agilis[16][59]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16]

"Partial skull and cervicals."[60]

A dicraeosaurid sauropod. Originally described as "Morosaurus" agilis.[59]

Suuwassea[7]

S. emilieae

Montana, Brushy Basin member[61]

A partial skull and some postcrania.[55]

A dicraeosaurid about 15m in length.

Diplodocids edit

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Amphicoelias

A. altus[16]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16]

2 dorsal vertebrae, femur, and a pubis.[62]

Large diplodocids about 25 m (82 ft) in length.[63]

 
Amphicoelias altus
 
Apatosaurus louisae
 
Brontosaurus excelsus
 
Barosaurus lentus
 
Diplodocus carnegii
 
Diplodocus hallorum
 
Galeamopus hayi
 
Kaatedocus siberi
 
Supersaurus

Apatosaurus[7]

A. ajax[16]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16]

A partial postcranial skeleton and posterior skull.[58]

Robust and abundantly widespread apatosaurine diplodocids reaching lengths of up to 25 m (82 ft).[64] "A." minimus likely belongs to a separate genus.

A. louisae[14]

Colorado and Utah, Brushy Basin member [16][14]

Four partial specimens, one of them including a skull.[58] Three of the specimens are from DNM, one is a mid cervical from Como Bluff.[58]

"A." minimus

Wyoming[9]

"Sacrum and pelvis."[60]

Atlantosaurus

A. montanus

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[27]

A partial sacrum that cannot be distinguished from Camarasaurus or Apatosaurus.[65]

Dubious neosauropod.[65]

Brontosaurus

B. excelsus

Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[58][66]

Two postcranial skeletons.[58]

Previously considered a species of Apatosaurus as per Riggs (1903).

B. parvus

Utah and Wyoming, Salt Wash and Brushy Basin members

Three headless skeletons.[58]

Originally called Elosaurus.

B. yahnahpin[58]

Wyoming, Brushy Basin member

A partial postcranial skeleton.[58]

An apatosaurine diplodocid slightly more primitive than Apatosaurus. Formerly placed in separate genus Eobrontosaurus.

Barosaurus[7]

B. lentus[14]

South Dakota and Utah[67][14]

2 partial postcranial skeletons, with possibly more specimens assignable.[58]

A diplodocid about 24 m (79 ft) in length, similar in appearance to Diplodocus.It was the rarest sauropod in the Morrison Formation.[68]

B. sp.

Wyoming, Utah and Oklahoma

Diplodocus[7]

D. carnegii[14]

Wyoming, Brushy Basin Member[9][69]

Known from two skulls, five partial skeletons that lack skulls and manus, and hundreds of isolated postcranial remains.[70]

Large diplodocids reaching lengths of up to 28 m (92 ft). It was one of the most abundant sauropods in the area.[71]

D. hallorum

New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah, Brushy Basin and Salt Wash members[51]

At least 4 partial postcranial skeletons[58]

Once classified as Seismosaurus.[72][73][74][75]

D. lacustris[16]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16]

Known from teeth and skull remains, the latter now referred to Camarasaurus.[58] Teeth cannot be referred beyond Flagellicaudata.[58]

D. longus[14]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16]

Several caudal vertebrae.[76]

Galeamopus

G. hayi

Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[9][58]

Known from a partial skeleton and braincase.[70]

G. pabsti

Colorado and Wyoming, Brushy Basin member

A skull and partial postcranial skeleton, another individual known from partial skull.[58]

Kaatedocus[77]

K. siberi

Wyoming, Salt Wash member[77]

Skull and cervical vertebrae.[77]

Parabrontopodus

Supersaurus[7][16]

S. vivianae[16]

Colorado and Wyoming, Brushy Basin member

Known from several partial postcranial skeletons.[62]

A large diplodocid about 33–34 m 108–111 ft) in length

Macronarians edit

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Brachiosaurus[7]

B. altithorax[7]

Colorado, Brushy Basin and Salt Wash members[16]

Several partial skeletons and a partial skull.

A large brachiosaurid about 18–22 m (59–72 ft) long.

 
Brachiosaurus altithorax
 
Camarasaurus supremus

Brontopodus

Camarasaurus[7]

C. annae[14]

Utah, Brushy Basin member[14]

A dorsal vertebra.

Camarasaurs reached an adult size of about 18 m (60 ft) in length.[78] C. annae junior synonym of C. lentus. C. lewisi was originally described as Cathetosarus lewisi and was later sunk into Camarasaurus, until being considered valid once again in 2013.

C. grandis[16]

Colorado, Montana and Wyoming[16][79][9]

"At least 6 partial skeletons including 2 skulls, hundreds of postcranial elements."[56]

C. lentus[14]

Utah and Wyoming[14][9]

"5 skeletons with skulls, hundreds of postcranial elements"[56]

C. lewisi[16]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16]

A nearly complete postcranial skeleton.[56]

C. supremus[16]

Colorado and Oklahoma(?), Brushy Basin member[16][80]

At least 4 partial skeletons including partial skulls. Many possible postcranial remains from Oklahoma.[80]

Indeterminate.

Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas[17][67][81]

Dystrophaeus D. viaemalae[82]

Utah, Tidwell member[82]

Multiple vertebrae, teeth and incomplete forelimb material.[82] Previously recovered as a diplodocid, now recovered as a macronarian[82] Type material fragmentary, but recent rediscovery of type locality has discovered more material.[83]

Theropods edit

Theropod dinosaurs, the carnivorous dinosaurs, came in several different types. The less derived types, the ceratosaurs and megalosaurids, included Ceratosaurus nasicornis, C. dentisulcatus, C. magnicornis, Elaphrosaurus sp., and the megalosaur Torvosaurus tanneri (including Edmarka rex). Allosaurids included the common Allosaurus fragilis (including Epanterias amplexus), Allosaurus new species, A. lucasi, and giant Saurophaganax maximus (potentially included in Allosaurus?).

Indeterminate theropod remains have been recovered in Utah. Indeterminate theropod tracks have been recovered from both Utah and Arizona.[84]

Allosauroidea edit

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Allosaurus[7]

A. fragilis[14]

Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[16][51][17][67][9][85]

"At least [three] complete skulls, many partial skulls and skull elements, many partial and complete skeletons representing at least 60 individuals."[86] It was the most common large carnivore in the area.[87][88][89]

 
Allosaurus fragilis

A. jimmadseni[90]

Wyoming and Utah, Brushy Basin and Salt Wash members[85][89]

At least 15 specimens, including several skulls.

Antrodemus

A. valens

Colorado[91]

Half of a proximal caudal centrum

Considered dubious due to fragmentary remains.[92]

Creosaurus

C. atrox

Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[93]

A fragmentary skull and assorted postcrania.[93]

Considered a junior synonym of Allosaurus.

Epanterias

E. amplexus

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[94]

Several fragmentary postcranial elements of 2 individuals,[95] possible additional remains known from Wyoming.[96]

Considered dubious due to fragmentary remains.[94]

Labrosaurus

L. lucaris

Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[91]

A fragmentary skull and several postcranial elements.[92][91]

Junior synonym of A. fragilis.[91]

L. ferox

Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[91]

A partial skull, dentaries, and fragmentary postcrania.[97][91]

Known from one specimen with several pathologies. Today considered a junior synonym of A. fragilis.[91]

Saurophaganax[7][17]

S. maximus[17]

Oklahoma, Brushy Basin member[17][98][91]

Several partial postcranial skeletons and fragmentary skull material.[91][98][85]

Generally considered to be its own genus. Sometimes considered to be a species of Allosaurus.[99][100]

 
Saurophaganax maximus

Ceratosaurs edit

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Ceratosaurus[7]

C. dentisulcatus[14]

Utah[14]

"Partial skull, vertebrae, [and] limb elements."[101]

Large ceratosaurs grew to lengths of about 6–7 meters (20–23 ft.) in length with large nasal horns on their snouts as well as two smaller horns above the eyes.

 
Ceratosaurus nasicornis
 
Fosterovenator churei

C. magnicornis[16]

Colorado[16]

"Skull [and] assorted postcrania."[101]

C. nasicornis[16]

Colorado and Utah, Brushy Basin member[16][14]

Remains of "5 individuals, including [a] nearly complete adult skeleton and subadult skeleton."[101]

Indeterminate.[9]

Wyoming[9]

Ceratosauria[7]

Indeterminate.[16]

Colorado[16]

Previously referred to Elaphrosaurus,[102][103][104] these remains are probably not referable to that genus and are best considered indeterminate beyond Ceratosauria.[105]

Elaphrosaurus

Intermediate[16]

Colorado[16]

Now thought to be indeterminate beyond Ceratosauria.

Fosterovenator[106]

F. churei[106]

Wyoming[106]

Tibia, astragalus, fibula.[106]

A fragmentary theropod which may be a ceratosaurid.

Coelurosaurs edit

Coelurosaurs, the group of theropods most closely related to and including birds, included Coelurus fragilis, Ornitholestes hermanni, Tanycolagreus topwilsoni, the possible troodontid Koparion douglassi, the definite troodontid Hesperornithoides, and the early tyrannosauroid Stokesosaurus clevelandi.

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Coelurus[7]

C. fragilis[14]

Utah and Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[14][9]

A partial skeleton in several syntypes and several fragmentary referred specimens.[107]

A basal coelurosaurian about 2.3 m (7.5 ft) long.

 
Coelurus fragilis
 
Hesperornithoides miessleri
 
Koparion douglassi
 
Ornitholestes hermanni
 
Stokesosaurus clevelandi
 
Tanycolagreus topwilsoni

Indeterminate.[16]

Colorado[16]

Hesperornithoides[108]

H. miessleri

Wyoming

An early troodontid.

Koparion[7]

K. douglassi[14]

Utah[14]

A small theropod thought to be one of the oldest known troodontids.

Palaeopteryx[16]

P. thomsoni[16]

Colorado, Brushy Basin member[16]

A distal radius

Ornitholestes[7]

O. hermanni[9]

Wyoming[9]

"Skull and associated postcranial skeleton."[107]

A small basal coelurosaurian about 2 m (6.5 ft) long.

Stokesosaurus[7]

S. clevelandi[14]

Utah[14]

"Illium, associated elements and pelvic cranial material. [sic]"[109]

A possible early tyrannosauroid about 4 m (13 ft) in length.

Tanycolagreus[7]

T. topwilsoni

Wyoming and Utah

A basal coelurosaurian about 3.4 m (11.3 ft) long, similar in appearance to Coelurus.

Megalosauroids edit

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Edmarka[7]

E. rex[9]

Possibly a junior synonym of Torvosaurus tanneri.

Marshosaurus[7]

M. bicentesimus[14]

Colorado and Utah[16][14]

Partial skeleton, including part of a skull.[110]

A medium-sized piatnitzkysaurid megalosauroid about 6 m (20 ft) in length.

 
Marshosaurus bicentesimus

Torvosaurus[7]

T. tanneri[14]

Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, Brushy Basin member[16][14][9]

"Partial skeletons of at least [three] individuals."[111]

A large, robust megalosaurid reaching lengths of up to 9 m (30 ft).[112] One of the largest carnivores of the formation.

 
Torvosaurus tanneri

Eggs edit

Dinosaur eggs have been found in Utah.[14]

Tracks edit

Ornithopods edit

Morrison ornithopod trace fossils are represented by three toed tracks which are generally small.[6] The toes of Morrison ornithopod tracks are usually more widely splayed than the theropod tracks preserved in the formation.[6]

Stegosaurs edit

Stegosaur tracks were first recognized in 1996 from a hindprint-only trackway discovered at the Cleveland-Lloyd quarry, which is located near Price, Utah.[42] Two years later, a new ichnogenus called Stegopodus was erected for another set of stegosaur tracks which were found near Arches National Park, also in Utah.[42] Unlike the first, this trackway preserved traces of the forefeet. Fossil remains indicate that stegosaurs have five digits on the forefeet and three weight-bearing digits on the hind feet.[42] From this, scientists were able to successfully predict the appearance of stegosaur tracks in 1990, six years in advance of the first actual discovery of Morrison stegosaur tracks.[42] Since the erection of Stegopodus, more trackways have been found, however none have preserved traces of the front feet, and stegosaur traces remain rare.[42]

Theropods edit

Indeterminate theropod tracks have been recovered from both Utah and Arizona.[84]

Footnotes edit

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list, dinosaurs, morrison, formation, further, information, morrison, formation, morrison, formation, distinctive, sequence, upper, jurassic, sedimentary, rock, that, found, western, united, states, which, been, most, fertile, source, dinosaur, fossils, north,. Further information Morrison Formation The Morrison Formation is a distinctive sequence of Upper Jurassic sedimentary rock that is found in the western United States which has been the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America It is composed of mudstone sandstone siltstone and limestone and is light grey greenish gray or red Most of the fossils occur in the green siltstone beds and lower sandstones relics of the rivers and floodplains of the Jurassic period Contents 1 Fauna comparisons 2 Ornithischians 2 1 Neornithischians 2 2 Thyreophorans 2 3 Misc 3 Sauropods 3 1 Haplocanthosaurids 3 2 Rebbachisaurids 3 3 Dicraeosaurids 3 4 Diplodocids 3 5 Macronarians 4 Theropods 4 1 Allosauroidea 4 2 Ceratosaurs 4 3 Coelurosaurs 4 4 Megalosauroids 5 Eggs 6 Tracks 6 1 Ornithopods 6 2 Stegosaurs 6 3 Theropods 7 Footnotes 8 ReferencesFauna comparisons editThe fauna of Morrison Formation is similar to one in the coeval rocks of Tendaguru Beds in Tanzania and Lourinha Formation in Portugal 1 mostly with the second Some genera are shared in Morrison and Lourinha such as Torvosaurus 2 Ceratosaurus 3 Stegosaurus Dryosaurus 4 and Allosaurus 5 In sum Morrison Fm has 37 valid genera of dinosaurs Ornithischians editThe herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs were diverse but not as common as sauropods in the Morrison Fruitadens previously known as the Fruita Echinodon was found to be a heterodontosaurid Plate backed stegosaurids included Hesperosaurus mjosi Stegosaurus armatus S ungulatus S stenops and Alcovasaurus longispinus Armored dinosaurs that weren t stegosaurs were unknown in the formation until the 1990s Two have been named Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum and Mymoorapelta maysi Ornithopods bipedal herbivores came in several types Small hypsilophodonts included Drinker nisti Laosaurus celer L gracilis Nanosaurus agilis Othnielia rex and Othnielosaurus consors all of which are now synonymous with Nanosaurus Larger but similar looking dryosaurids were represented by two species of Dryosaurus D altus and D elderae and the camptosaurid Uteodon aphanoecetes which is currently known only from Dinosaur National Monument Still larger was the more common Camptosaurus dispar Dryosaurids and camptosaurids were early iguanodonts a group that would later spawn the duck billed dinosaurs Neornithischians edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Anomoepus Colorado 6 Morrison Anomoepus lack the handprint impressions found associated with earlier instances of the ichnogenus in New England 6 nbsp Camptosaurus dispar nbsp Dryosaurus altus nbsp Nanosaurus agilis nbsp Uteodon aphanoecetes Camptosaurus 7 C amplus 8 Wyoming 8 9 Now known to be based on a theropod foot 10 C aphanoecetes 11 Utah Brushy Basin member 11 Reclassified as Uteodon C browni 12 Junior synonym of C dispar 13 C dispar 14 15 Colorado Oklahoma Utah and Wyoming 16 17 14 9 Twenty five to thirty disarticulated skull elements some with associated postcrania approximately ten partial articulated skeletons juvenile to adult 18 A member of Camptosauridae Junior synonyms include Camptosaurus browni C medius and C nanus C medius 12 Junior synonym of C dispar 13 C nanus 12 Junior synonym of C dispar 13 Dinehichnus 6 Utah Saltwash member 6 Multiple Dinehichnus trackways have been discovered The tracks run parallel to one another indicating that the trackmaker was at least somewhat of a social animal 6 Dinehichnus are attributed to dryosaurids The tracks preserve feet characterized by widely splayed toes and that are rotated somewhat toward the midline of the trackmaker s body Each track is accompanied by distinct heel impressions 6 Drinker 7 19 D nisti 19 Wyoming 9 20 Partial skull and postcranial skeleton 21 A basal neornithischian about 2 m long slightly smaller than Othnielosaurus 19 Junior synonym of Nanosaurus agilis 22 Dryosaurus 7 D altus 14 Colorado and Wyoming Brushy Basin member 16 23 9 24 25 The remains of many individuals have been uncovered with some sites containing hundreds of bones from Dryosaurus of multiple age groups 23 A large dryosaurid iguanodont up to 2 4 m 7 9 feet long and 114 kg 251 lbs in weight It was physically similar to Othnielosaurus although larger and with more derived teeth 24 D elderae 22 Utah Brushy Basin member 14 25 A 2 partial skeletons one a juvenile and 2 additional fragmentary specimens A large dryosaurid iguanodont up to 2 4 m 7 9 feet long and 114 kg 251 lbs in weight It was physically similar to Othnielosaurus although larger and with more derived teeth 24 Laosaurus L altus Now known as Dryosaurus altus L celer Wyoming 9 Considered dubious due to fragmentary remains L consors Now known as Othnielosaurus consors L gracilis Considered dubious due to fragmentary remains Nanosaurus N agilis Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 26 A small basal Neornithischian known from dozens of individuals 22 The holotype YPM VP 1913 is a fragmentary skeleton from a juvenile 22 Othnielia O rex 27 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 26 Based on an isolated femur 27 A small neornithischian 2 m in length Dubious many remains historically assigned to this taxon are now place within Nanosaurus Othnielosaurus 7 O consors Utah and Wyoming 14 9 A basal neornithischian about 2 m long Junior synonym of Nanosaurus agilis 22 Preprismatoolithus 28 P coloradensis 28 Colorado Salt Wash member 28 Eggshell present in great abundance at the so called Young Egg Locality which seems to have been a dinosaur nesting ground 28 Congeneric eggshell fossils are found at additional Colorado sites including the Fruita Paleontological Area the Uravan Locality and Garden Park 28 P coloradensis is described by John Foster as being of the prismatic basic type 28 with subspherical eggs about 10 cm 4 inches in diameter 29 This oospecies has been attributed to hypsilophodontid dinosaurs although a lack of associated embryo material currently makes confirming the egg layer s identity impossible 28 Tichosteus T aequifacies Colorado 16 2 partial dorsal centra of a juvenile T lucasanus Colorado 16 2 partial dorsal centra Uteodon U aphanoecetes 11 Utah Brushy Basin member 11 An articulated postcranial skeleton Sometimes synonymized with Camptosaurus 22 Thyreophorans edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Alcovasaurus A longispinus Wyoming Brushy Basin member 9 30 Fragmentary postcranial skeleton adult 31 A dacentrurinae stegosaurid physically similar to Stegosaurus stenops but with much larger tail spines 32 It is also similar to Kentrosaurus in having long dermal spikes on the caudal region 30 The thighbone length was determined at 1082 millimeters The longest spike was 86 centimeters long Its point was broken and it is estimated the original length of the bone core at 985 millimeters In 2019 the genus Alcovasaurus was considered a junior synonym of Miragaia 33 Anomoepus nbsp Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum nbsp Hesperosaurus mjosi nbsp Mymoorapelta maysi nbsp Stegosaurus stenops nbsp Stegosaurus ungulatus Gargoyleosaurus 7 G parkpinorum 34 Wyoming 9 Skull and partial postcranium 35 A polacanthine nodosaur known from reasonably complete fossil remains Its skull measures 29 centimeters 11 in in length and its total body length is an estimated 3 to 4 meters 9 8 to 13 1 ft It may have weighed as much as 1 tonne 2 200 lb 34 Hesperosaurus 7 H mjosi 36 Wyoming 9 Complete skeleton with skull subadult 37 Known only from a single specimen 36 A stegosaurine stegosaurid that was slightly smaller and more primitive than Stegosaurus itself H mjosi had a broader skull and longer lower plates Considered by some to be a species of Stegosaurus 38 Mymoorapelta 7 M maysi 16 Colorado and Utah Brushy Basin member 16 39 Skull fragments portions of three skeletons and other postcrania 40 Both the first ankylosaur discovered in the formation and the first known North American Jurassic ankylosaur 41 It probably weighed 500 kg 1 102 lbs in life 41 Stegopodus 42 Utah 42 Stegopodus represent only a portion of the Morrison s stegosaur tracks which are already rare and generally only preserve the animal s hind feet 42 Stegosaur tracks which record front feet with five digits and hind feet with three weight bearing digits 42 The general morphology of the tracks fit scientific predictions made eight years in advance of the erection of Stegopodus 42 Stegosaurus 7 S armatus 14 Colorado Brushy Basin 16 43 Several caudal vertebrae and assorted fragmentary postcranial elements 43 S armatus is both the first Stegosaurus to be discovered and the type species 44 Its type specimen is poorly preserved incomplete and lacks diagnostic features 43 It has been considered dubious with S stenops as the neotype species for the genus 43 S stenops 14 Colorado Utah and Wyoming Brushy Basin member 16 14 9 45 Two complete skeletons with skulls four braincases at least fifty partial postcrania juvenile to adult 31 The best known Stegosaurus species it has shorter limbs and larger plates than S ungulatus 46 S sulcatus 14 Wyoming 47 Several postcranial elements including a possible shoulder spike 43 Often considered synonymous with S stenops 48 it may be distinct Potentially has a shoulder spike otherwise unknown in Stegosaurus despite presence in relatives 43 S ungulatus 14 Wyoming and Utah 9 14 Several partial skeletons including a partial braincase 43 S ungulatus had longer limbs and comparatively smaller plates than the better known S stenops 49 Although formerly portrayed with eight tail spikes it is now known to have had the typical four 50 Possibly synonymous with S stenops 38 Indeterminate 51 New Mexico amp Oklahoma 51 17 Misc edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Anomoepus nbsp Fruitadens haagarorum Fruitadens 52 F haagarorum 52 Colorado Brushy Basin member 53 A partial skull and mandible with several postcranial elements 54 Sauropods editSauropods the giant long necked long tailed four legged herbivorous dinosaurs are among the most common and famous Morrison fossils A few have uncertain relationships like Apatosaurus minimus possibly a basal titanosauriform and Haplocanthosaurus Sauropods including Haplocanthosaurus priscus H delfsi and the diplodocid Eobrontosaurus appeared in the early stages of the Morrison The middle stages were dominated by familiar forms such as the Giraffe like Brachiosaurus altithorax which were uncommon but related camarasaurids like Camarasaurus supremus C grandis C lentus and Cathetosaurus were very common Also common were long low diplodocids like Apatosaurus ajax A louisae Brontosaurus excelsus B parvus Barosaurus lentus Diplodocus longus D carnegii Galeamopus and Dyslocosaurus polyonychius By the late Morrison gigantic diplodocids or likely diplodocids had appeared including Diplodocus hallorum formerly Seismosaurus Supersaurus vivianae Amphicoelias altus and M fragilimus Smaller sauropods such as Suuwassea emiliae from Montana tend to be found in the northern reaches of the Morrison near the shores of the ancient Sundance Sea suggesting ecological niches favoring smaller body size there compared with the giants found further south 55 Haplocanthosaurids edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Haplocanthosaurus 7 H delfsi 16 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 Partial skeleton lacking a skull 56 Small haplocanthosaurs of indeterminate classification ranging about 14 m 46 ft long nbsp Haplocanthosaurus delfsi H priscus 16 Colorado and Wyoming Brushy Basin member 16 9 Two skulless partial skeletons 56 Rebbachisaurids edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Maraapunisaurus 57 M fragillimus 16 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 A single now lost dorsal neural arch 57 Large rebbachisaurid Based on a single lost neural arch 1 5 m 5 ft tall 57 nbsp Lost type vertebra of Maraapunisaurus fragillimus next to Edward D Cope Dicraeosaurids edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Dyslocosaurus D polyonychius Wyoming 58 A fragmentary forelimb and partial hindlimbs Phylogenetic placement is uncertain 58 Smitanosaurus 59 S agilis 16 59 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 Partial skull and cervicals 60 A dicraeosaurid sauropod Originally described as Morosaurus agilis 59 Suuwassea 7 S emilieae Montana Brushy Basin member 61 A partial skull and some postcrania 55 A dicraeosaurid about 15m in length Diplodocids edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Amphicoelias A altus 16 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 2 dorsal vertebrae femur and a pubis 62 Large diplodocids about 25 m 82 ft in length 63 nbsp Amphicoelias altus nbsp Apatosaurus louisae nbsp Brontosaurus excelsus nbsp Barosaurus lentus nbsp Diplodocus carnegii nbsp Diplodocus hallorum nbsp Galeamopus hayi nbsp Kaatedocus siberi nbsp Supersaurus Apatosaurus 7 A ajax 16 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 A partial postcranial skeleton and posterior skull 58 Robust and abundantly widespread apatosaurine diplodocids reaching lengths of up to 25 m 82 ft 64 A minimus likely belongs to a separate genus A louisae 14 Colorado and Utah Brushy Basin member 16 14 Four partial specimens one of them including a skull 58 Three of the specimens are from DNM one is a mid cervical from Como Bluff 58 A minimus Wyoming 9 Sacrum and pelvis 60 Atlantosaurus A montanus Colorado Brushy Basin member 27 A partial sacrum that cannot be distinguished from Camarasaurus or Apatosaurus 65 Dubious neosauropod 65 Brontosaurus B excelsus Wyoming Brushy Basin member 58 66 Two postcranial skeletons 58 Previously considered a species of Apatosaurus as per Riggs 1903 B parvus Utah and Wyoming Salt Wash and Brushy Basin members Three headless skeletons 58 Originally called Elosaurus B yahnahpin 58 Wyoming Brushy Basin member A partial postcranial skeleton 58 An apatosaurine diplodocid slightly more primitive than Apatosaurus Formerly placed in separate genus Eobrontosaurus Barosaurus 7 B lentus 14 South Dakota and Utah 67 14 2 partial postcranial skeletons with possibly more specimens assignable 58 A diplodocid about 24 m 79 ft in length similar in appearance to Diplodocus It was the rarest sauropod in the Morrison Formation 68 B sp Wyoming Utah and Oklahoma Diplodocus 7 D carnegii 14 Wyoming Brushy Basin Member 9 69 Known from two skulls five partial skeletons that lack skulls and manus and hundreds of isolated postcranial remains 70 Large diplodocids reaching lengths of up to 28 m 92 ft It was one of the most abundant sauropods in the area 71 D hallorum New Mexico Wyoming and Utah Brushy Basin and Salt Wash members 51 At least 4 partial postcranial skeletons 58 Once classified as Seismosaurus 72 73 74 75 D lacustris 16 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 Known from teeth and skull remains the latter now referred to Camarasaurus 58 Teeth cannot be referred beyond Flagellicaudata 58 D longus 14 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 Several caudal vertebrae 76 Galeamopus G hayi Wyoming Brushy Basin member 9 58 Known from a partial skeleton and braincase 70 G pabsti Colorado and Wyoming Brushy Basin member A skull and partial postcranial skeleton another individual known from partial skull 58 Kaatedocus 77 K siberi Wyoming Salt Wash member 77 Skull and cervical vertebrae 77 Parabrontopodus Supersaurus 7 16 S vivianae 16 Colorado and Wyoming Brushy Basin member Known from several partial postcranial skeletons 62 A large diplodocid about 33 34 m 108 111 ft in length Macronarians edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Brachiosaurus 7 B altithorax 7 Colorado Brushy Basin and Salt Wash members 16 Several partial skeletons and a partial skull A large brachiosaurid about 18 22 m 59 72 ft long nbsp Brachiosaurus altithorax nbsp Camarasaurus supremus Brontopodus Camarasaurus 7 C annae 14 Utah Brushy Basin member 14 A dorsal vertebra Camarasaurs reached an adult size of about 18 m 60 ft in length 78 C annae junior synonym of C lentus C lewisi was originally described as Cathetosarus lewisi and was later sunk into Camarasaurus until being considered valid once again in 2013 C grandis 16 Colorado Montana and Wyoming 16 79 9 At least 6 partial skeletons including 2 skulls hundreds of postcranial elements 56 C lentus 14 Utah and Wyoming 14 9 5 skeletons with skulls hundreds of postcranial elements 56 C lewisi 16 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 A nearly complete postcranial skeleton 56 C supremus 16 Colorado and Oklahoma Brushy Basin member 16 80 At least 4 partial skeletons including partial skulls Many possible postcranial remains from Oklahoma 80 Indeterminate Oklahoma South Dakota and Texas 17 67 81 Dystrophaeus D viaemalae 82 Utah Tidwell member 82 Multiple vertebrae teeth and incomplete forelimb material 82 Previously recovered as a diplodocid now recovered as a macronarian 82 Type material fragmentary but recent rediscovery of type locality has discovered more material 83 Theropods editTheropod dinosaurs the carnivorous dinosaurs came in several different types The less derived types the ceratosaurs and megalosaurids included Ceratosaurus nasicornis C dentisulcatus C magnicornis Elaphrosaurus sp and the megalosaur Torvosaurus tanneri including Edmarka rex Allosaurids included the common Allosaurus fragilis including Epanterias amplexus Allosaurus new species A lucasi and giant Saurophaganax maximus potentially included in Allosaurus Indeterminate theropod remains have been recovered in Utah Indeterminate theropod tracks have been recovered from both Utah and Arizona 84 Allosauroidea edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Allosaurus 7 A fragilis 14 Colorado New Mexico Oklahoma South Dakota Utah and Wyoming Brushy Basin member 16 51 17 67 9 85 At least three complete skulls many partial skulls and skull elements many partial and complete skeletons representing at least 60 individuals 86 It was the most common large carnivore in the area 87 88 89 nbsp Allosaurus fragilis A jimmadseni 90 Wyoming and Utah Brushy Basin and Salt Wash members 85 89 At least 15 specimens including several skulls Antrodemus A valens Colorado 91 Half of a proximal caudal centrum Considered dubious due to fragmentary remains 92 Creosaurus C atrox Wyoming Brushy Basin member 93 A fragmentary skull and assorted postcrania 93 Considered a junior synonym of Allosaurus Epanterias E amplexus Colorado Brushy Basin member 94 Several fragmentary postcranial elements of 2 individuals 95 possible additional remains known from Wyoming 96 Considered dubious due to fragmentary remains 94 Labrosaurus L lucaris Wyoming Brushy Basin member 91 A fragmentary skull and several postcranial elements 92 91 Junior synonym of A fragilis 91 L ferox Wyoming Brushy Basin member 91 A partial skull dentaries and fragmentary postcrania 97 91 Known from one specimen with several pathologies Today considered a junior synonym of A fragilis 91 Saurophaganax 7 17 S maximus 17 Oklahoma Brushy Basin member 17 98 91 Several partial postcranial skeletons and fragmentary skull material 91 98 85 Generally considered to be its own genus Sometimes considered to be a species of Allosaurus 99 100 nbsp Saurophaganax maximus Ceratosaurs edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Ceratosaurus 7 C dentisulcatus 14 Utah 14 Partial skull vertebrae and limb elements 101 Large ceratosaurs grew to lengths of about 6 7 meters 20 23 ft in length with large nasal horns on their snouts as well as two smaller horns above the eyes nbsp Ceratosaurus nasicornis nbsp Fosterovenator churei C magnicornis 16 Colorado 16 Skull and assorted postcrania 101 C nasicornis 16 Colorado and Utah Brushy Basin member 16 14 Remains of 5 individuals including a nearly complete adult skeleton and subadult skeleton 101 Indeterminate 9 Wyoming 9 Ceratosauria 7 Indeterminate 16 Colorado 16 Previously referred to Elaphrosaurus 102 103 104 these remains are probably not referable to that genus and are best considered indeterminate beyond Ceratosauria 105 Elaphrosaurus Intermediate 16 Colorado 16 Now thought to be indeterminate beyond Ceratosauria Fosterovenator 106 F churei 106 Wyoming 106 Tibia astragalus fibula 106 A fragmentary theropod which may be a ceratosaurid Coelurosaurs edit Coelurosaurs the group of theropods most closely related to and including birds included Coelurus fragilis Ornitholestes hermanni Tanycolagreus topwilsoni the possible troodontid Koparion douglassi the definite troodontid Hesperornithoides and the early tyrannosauroid Stokesosaurus clevelandi Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Coelurus 7 C fragilis 14 Utah and Wyoming Brushy Basin member 14 9 A partial skeleton in several syntypes and several fragmentary referred specimens 107 A basal coelurosaurian about 2 3 m 7 5 ft long nbsp Coelurus fragilis nbsp Hesperornithoides miessleri nbsp Koparion douglassi nbsp Ornitholestes hermanni nbsp Stokesosaurus clevelandi nbsp Tanycolagreus topwilsoni Indeterminate 16 Colorado 16 Hesperornithoides 108 H miessleri Wyoming An early troodontid Koparion 7 K douglassi 14 Utah 14 A small theropod thought to be one of the oldest known troodontids Palaeopteryx 16 P thomsoni 16 Colorado Brushy Basin member 16 A distal radius Ornitholestes 7 O hermanni 9 Wyoming 9 Skull and associated postcranial skeleton 107 A small basal coelurosaurian about 2 m 6 5 ft long Stokesosaurus 7 S clevelandi 14 Utah 14 Illium associated elements and pelvic cranial material sic 109 A possible early tyrannosauroid about 4 m 13 ft in length Tanycolagreus 7 T topwilsoni Wyoming and Utah A basal coelurosaurian about 3 4 m 11 3 ft long similar in appearance to Coelurus Megalosauroids edit Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text crossed out taxa are discredited Genus Species Locality Material Notes Images Edmarka 7 E rex 9 WY 9 Possibly a junior synonym of Torvosaurus tanneri Marshosaurus 7 M bicentesimus 14 Colorado and Utah 16 14 Partial skeleton including part of a skull 110 A medium sized piatnitzkysaurid megalosauroid about 6 m 20 ft in length nbsp Marshosaurus bicentesimus Torvosaurus 7 T tanneri 14 Colorado Utah and Wyoming Brushy Basin member 16 14 9 Partial skeletons of at least three individuals 111 A large robust megalosaurid reaching lengths of up to 9 m 30 ft 112 One of the largest carnivores of the formation nbsp Torvosaurus tanneriEggs editDinosaur eggs have been found in Utah 14 Tracks editOrnithopods edit Morrison ornithopod trace fossils are represented by three toed tracks which are generally small 6 The toes of Morrison ornithopod tracks are usually more widely splayed than the theropod tracks preserved in the formation 6 Stegosaurs edit Stegosaur tracks were first recognized in 1996 from a hindprint only trackway discovered at the Cleveland Lloyd quarry which is located near Price Utah 42 Two years later a new ichnogenus called Stegopodus was erected for another set of stegosaur tracks which were found near Arches National Park also in Utah 42 Unlike the first this trackway preserved traces of the forefeet Fossil remains indicate that stegosaurs have five digits on the forefeet and three weight bearing digits on the hind feet 42 From this scientists were able to successfully predict the appearance of stegosaur tracks in 1990 six years in advance of the first actual discovery of Morrison stegosaur tracks 42 Since the erection of Stegopodus more trackways have been found however none have preserved traces of the front feet and stegosaur traces remain rare 42 Theropods edit Indeterminate theropod tracks have been recovered from both Utah and Arizona 84 Footnotes edit Mateus O 2006 Late Jurassic dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation the Lourinha and Alcobaca Formations Portugal and the Tendaguru Beds Tanzania a comparison New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36 223 231 Hendrickx C Mateus O 2014 Torvosaurus gurneyi n sp the largest terrestrial predator from Europe and a proposed terminology of the maxilla anatomy in nonavian theropods 03 PLOS ONE 9 e88905 Number 3 Mateus O amp Antunes M T 2000 Ceratosaurus sp Dinosauria Theropoda in the Late Jurassic of Portugal Abstract volume of the 31st International Geological Congress Rio de Janeiro Brazil Mateus O 2007 Notes and review of the ornithischian dinosaurs of Portugal Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 114A 114A Jan Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Mateus O Walen A Antunes MT 2006 The large theropod fauna of the Lourinha Formation Portugal and its similarity to the Morrison Formation with a description of a new species of Allosaurus New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36 123 129 a b c d e f g h Walk and Don t Look Back The Footprints Ornithopods Foster 2007 pg 238 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Table 2 1 Fossil Vertebrates of the Morrison Formation in Foster 2007 pp 58 59 a b Fleet Footed Plant Eaters The Ornithopod Dinosaurs Camptosaurus dispar Foster 2007 pg 220 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Dinosaur distribution Late Jurassic North America Wyoming Weishampel et al 2004 Pg 545 Camptosaurus PDF 14 January 2011 a b c d Systematic Paleontology Camptosaurus aphanoecetes in A New Species of Camptosaurus Carpenter and Wilson 2008 page 232 a b c Gilmore C W 1909 Osteology of the Jurassic reptile Camptosaurus with a revision of the species of the genus and descriptions of two new species Proceedings of the United States National Museum 36 1666 197 332 doi 10 5479 si 00963801 36 1666 197 a b c Galton P M amp Powell H P 1980 The ornithischian dinosaur Camptosaurus prestwichii from the Upper Jurassic of England Palaeontology 23 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