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Cleveland Lloyd Quarry

About 155 million years ago, in the Late Jurassic the territory of what is now Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry was a freshwater lake bed. Multiple species came to drink here (ref 1). And they got stuck.

It was a time of drought, and the water levels in the lake shrank very rapidly. The upper layer of mud was left hard, but the lower, became wet and sticky. The weight of the dinosaurs causes them to break the upper crust, and that's when they become mired in mud. It is also called a "predator trap".

Paleobiota

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.

Theropods reported from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry
Genus	Species	Amount	Notes	Images
Marshosaurus	M.bicentesimus	2	A small (6m)megalosauridae
Torvosaurus	T.tanneri	1	The second laregest theropod reported from the Quarry.	Torvosaurus
Stokesosaurus	S.clevelandi	3	The largest coelurosaur found
Ornitholestes	Indeterminate	1	-
Allosaurus	A.fragilis	44 - 60	The largest theropod found	Allosaurus mounted skeleton
Ceratosaurus	C.nasicornis	1	The rarest theropod species in the quarry

Sauropods reported from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry
Genus	Species	Notes	Images
Camarasaurus	C.lentus	3 skeletons were unearthed	Camarasaurus
Barosaurus	B.lentus	-
Amphicoelias	A.altus	A smaller cousin of A.fragilimus	-
Mongolosaurus	cf Indeterminate	-	-
Brachiosaurus	B.althithorax	The largest dinosaur reported	Brachiosaurus
Haplocanthosaurus	H.priscus	The last Cetiosauridae	-

Ornithischians reported from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry
Genus	Species	Notes	Images
Camptosaurus	C.dispar	-	-
Stegosaurus	S.stenops	The largest ornithischian of his time	Stegosaurus

References

• ref 1.Jurassic Fight Club, serie 4

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