FPA General Site (LACM) is a fossil collection site in Mesa, Colorado, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Morrison Formation, dated to the Early Tithonian (149.2–145.06 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as floodplain. Documented finds include Fruitachampsa, Coelurosauria, Opisthias, Dryolestidae, Multituberculata, Dorsetisaurus.

Geologic setting

Formation: Morrison
Geologic interval: Early Tithonian
Age: 149.2–145.06 Ma
Depositional environment: "floodplain"
Recorded occurrences: 26

Locality notes

Fruita Paleontological Area, 4.8 km WSW of Fruita; S 1/2 sec 13 and N 1/2 sec 24, T1N, R3W, Ute principal meridian. Evans 1996: "a series of sublocalities...all apparently exposing the same horizon"

Fossils found here

Fruitachampsa

Reptilia · Shartegosuchidae

Coelurosauria

Reptilia

Opisthias

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Dryolestidae

Mammalia · Dryolestidae

Multituberculata

Mammalia

Dorsetisaurus

Reptilia · Dorsetisauridae

Serpentes

Reptilia

Diablophis gilmorei

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Goniopholis

Reptilia · Goniopholididae

Pterosauria

Reptilia

Theropoda

Reptilia

Camarasaurus

Saurischia · Camarasauridae

Diplodocus

Saurischia · Diplodocidae

Apatosaurus

Saurischia · Diplodocidae

Brachiosaurus

Saurischia · Brachiosauridae

Stegosaurus

Ornithischia · Stegosauridae

Fruitadens haagarorum

Ornithischia · Heterodontosauridae

Triconodonta

Mammalia

Symmetrodonta

Mammalia

Paurodontidae

Mammalia · Paurodontidae

Mammalia

Glirodon grandis

Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Paramacellodus

Reptilia · Paramacellodidae

Saurillodon

Reptilia · Paramacellodidae

Macelognathus vagans

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Squamata

Reptilia

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 71476 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about FPA General Site (LACM)

Can you collect at FPA General Site (LACM)?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at FPA General Site (LACM)?

Fossil.

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