Morrison Formation

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  1. A sequence of Upper Jurassic sedimentary rock in the western United States, noted as the most fertile source of dinosaur fossils in North America.
    — Later it was given a member rank and assigned to the Morrison Formation[…].

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Named after the town of Morrison, Colorado, where some of the first fossils in the formation were discovered by American geologist Arthur Lakes in 1877.
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