TABLE 1. Comparison of taphofacies recognized in the Morrison Formation, including A) a site example, lithology, paleontology, weathering of the bones (where available), transportability of the bones (where available), and B) the fauna represented (available in PDF only).
TABLE 2.Summary of taphofacies recognized in circum-lacustrine environments including 1) swampy environments with episodic fluvial influence, 2) fluvial environments which were periodically covered by lacustrine deposits (fluvio-deltaic), and 3) a swampy/lacustrine environment.
TABLE 3. Voorhie’s groups for non-sauropod bones based on data from coyote skeletons (Voorhies, 1969) and Fluvial Transport Index Groups for sauropod bones based on elephant bones (Frison and Todd, 1986).
TABLE 4. Weathering and abrasion scale of bones.
TABLE 5. Faunal list of organisms at the Aaron Scott Quarry.
| Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||
| Unionoida Rafinesque, 1820 | |||||||||
| Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820 | |||||||||
| Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 | |||||||||
| Testudines Batsch, 1788 | |||||||||
| Cryptodira Cope, 1868 | |||||||||
| Glyptopsidae Marsh, 1890 | |||||||||
| Glyptops Marsh, 1890 | |||||||||
| Glyptops cf. plicatulus | |||||||||
| Sphenodontia Williston, 1925 | |||||||||
| Sphenodontidae Cope, 1869 | |||||||||
| Opisthias Marsh, 1890 | |||||||||
| Opisthias rarus Gilmore, 1905 | |||||||||
| Archosauria Cope, 1869 | |||||||||
| Crocodyliformes Benton and Clark, 1988 | |||||||||
| Goniopholididae Cope, 1875 | |||||||||
| Indet. cf. Eutretauranosuchus sp. Mook, 1967 | |||||||||
| Dinosauria Owen, 1842 | |||||||||
| Saurischia Seeley, 1888 | |||||||||
| Theropoda Marsh 1881 | |||||||||
| Carnosauria Heune, 1920 | |||||||||
| Allosauridae Marsh, 1879 | |||||||||
| Allosaurus Marsh, 1877 | |||||||||
| Allosaurus cf. fragilis Marsh, 1877 | |||||||||
| Coelurusauria Huene, 1914 | |||||||||
| Coeluridae Marsh, 1881 | |||||||||
| Coelurus sp. Marsh, 1879 | |||||||||
| Sauropoda Marsh, 1878 | |||||||||
| Diplodocidae Marsh, 1884 | |||||||||
| Barosaurus Marsh, 1890 | |||||||||
| Apatosaurus March, 1877 | |||||||||
| Camarasauridae Cope, 1877 | |||||||||
| Camarosaurus Cope, 1877 | |||||||||
| Ornithischia Seeley, 1888 | |||||||||
| Ornithopoda Marsh, 1881 | |||||||||
| Dryosauridae Milner & Norman, 1985 | |||||||||
| Dryosaurus sp. Marsh, 1894 | |||||||||
| Stegosauria Marsh, 1877 | |||||||||
| Stegosauridae Marsh, 1880 | |||||||||
| Stegosaurus sp. Marsh, 1877 | |||||||||
| Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||
| Triconodonta Osborn, 1888 | |||||||||
TABLE 6. Comparison of the Aaron Scott Quarry to the Huescar-1 locality, interpreted to be a fluvio-deltaic depositional setting. Red text indicates areas where the different examples match.
