Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry

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Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry is a renowned fossil site in central Utah famous for its exceptionally dense concentration of Jurassic dinosaur bones, particularly those of Allosaurus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dinosaur quarry ⓘ
fossil site ⓘ
paleontological site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry ⓘ
Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry ⓘ
containsFossilsOf Allosaurus ⓘ
Apatosaurus ⓘ
Camarasaurus ⓘ
Ceratosaurus ⓘ
Marshosaurus ⓘ
Stegosaurus ⓘ
Stokesosaurus ⓘ
Torvosaurus ⓘ
ornithischian dinosaurs ⓘ
sauropod dinosaurs ⓘ
theropod dinosaurs ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
discoveredIn 1920s ⓘ
dominantTaxon Allosaurus fragilis ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus
excavatedBy Brigham Young University ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
U.S. Geological Survey ⓘ
University of Utah ⓘ
famousFor abundant Allosaurus fossils ⓘ
dense concentration of dinosaur bones ⓘ
firstMajorExcavations 1930s ⓘ
formation Morrison Formation ⓘ
geologicalAge Late Jurassic ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Jurassic ⓘ
hasOnsiteFacility museum exhibits ⓘ
visitor center ⓘ
locatedIn Emery County, Utah ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
central Utah ⓘ
managedBy Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
near Price, Utah ⓘ
notableFeature unusual predator-prey ratio in fossil assemblage ⓘ
numberOfFossilsRecovered over 12000 bones ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
paleontologicalSignificance important for studying dinosaur taphonomy ⓘ
important for understanding Allosaurus biology ⓘ
largest known concentration of Jurassic theropod bones ⓘ
partOf Jurassic National Monument ⓘ
researchTopics dinosaur death assemblage hypotheses ⓘ
paleoecology of the Morrison Formation ⓘ
stratigraphicUnit Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation ⓘ
linked to: Morrison Formation
UNESCOStatus on tentative list for World Heritage nomination ⓘ

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