Dry Mesa Quarry
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Dry Mesa Quarry is a renowned Late Jurassic dinosaur fossil site in western Colorado known for yielding a rich assemblage of large dinosaur remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dry Mesa Quarry canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11725051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dry Mesa Quarry Context triple: [Allosaurus, fossilSite, Dry Mesa Quarry]
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A.
Bedrock Quarry
Bedrock Quarry is the stone-extraction worksite in the animated series "The Flintstones," serving as the primary workplace of Fred Flintstone and his boss, Mr. Slate.
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B.
Orchard Mesa
Orchard Mesa is a residential and agricultural community in western Colorado’s Grand Valley, known for its orchards, vineyards, and views over the Colorado River.
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C.
Achanarras Quarry
Achanarras Quarry is a renowned fossil site in northern Scotland famous for its exceptionally well-preserved Devonian fish remains.
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D.
Quartz Hill
Quartz Hill is a small desert community in northern Los Angeles County, California, known for its rural character and annual almond blossom festival.
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E.
Ellwood Mesa
Ellwood Mesa is a coastal open space and nature preserve in Goleta, California, known for its bluffs, beaches, and seasonal monarch butterfly groves.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dry Mesa Quarry Target entity description: Dry Mesa Quarry is a renowned Late Jurassic dinosaur fossil site in western Colorado known for yielding a rich assemblage of large dinosaur remains.
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A.
Bedrock Quarry
Bedrock Quarry is the stone-extraction worksite in the animated series "The Flintstones," serving as the primary workplace of Fred Flintstone and his boss, Mr. Slate.
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B.
Orchard Mesa
Orchard Mesa is a residential and agricultural community in western Colorado’s Grand Valley, known for its orchards, vineyards, and views over the Colorado River.
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C.
Achanarras Quarry
Achanarras Quarry is a renowned fossil site in northern Scotland famous for its exceptionally well-preserved Devonian fish remains.
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D.
Quartz Hill
Quartz Hill is a small desert community in northern Los Angeles County, California, known for its rural character and annual almond blossom festival.
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E.
Ellwood Mesa
Ellwood Mesa is a coastal open space and nature preserve in Goleta, California, known for its bluffs, beaches, and seasonal monarch butterfly groves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dinosaur quarry
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fossil site ⓘ paleontological site ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| discoveredFossil |
Allosaurus sp.
ⓘ
linked to:
Allosaurus
Apatosaurus sp. ⓘ
linked to:
Apatosaurus
Camarasaurus sp. ⓘ
linked to:
Camarasaurus
Dystylosaurus edwini ⓘ Stegosaurus sp. ⓘ
linked to:
Stegosaurus
Supersaurus vivianae ⓘ
linked to:
Supersaurus
Torvosaurus tanneri ⓘ
linked to:
Torvosaurus
Ultrasaurus macintoshi ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Late Jurassic ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Jurassic ⓘ |
| geologicStage | Kimmeridgian–Tithonian ⓘ |
| hasLithology |
mudstone
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sandstone ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high diversity of dinosaur taxa
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large dinosaur fossils ⓘ sauropod dinosaur remains ⓘ stegosaur remains ⓘ theropod dinosaur remains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
western Colorado ⓘ
linked to:
Western Colorado
|
| paleoenvironment | fluvial floodplain ⓘ |
| partOf | Morrison Formation ⓘ |
| researchField | vertebrate paleontology ⓘ |
| significance |
important for understanding Late Jurassic dinosaur diversity in North America
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source of some of the largest known sauropod remains ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| stratigraphicUnit | Brushy Basin Member ⓘ |
| timeSpanEnd | about 145 million years ago ⓘ |
| timeSpanStart | about 155 million years ago ⓘ |
| yieldedFossilGroup |
Dinosauria
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Sauropoda ⓘ Stegosauria ⓘ Theropoda ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dry Mesa Quarry Description of subject: Dry Mesa Quarry is a renowned Late Jurassic dinosaur fossil site in western Colorado known for yielding a rich assemblage of large dinosaur remains.
Referenced by (1)
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