GC257R5 Marshosaurus (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by f0t0m0m

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GC257R5 ▼

A cache by f0t0m0m Message this owner

Hidden : 3/18/2010

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This Cache is an Ammo Can

Marshosaurus was a genus of medium sized theropod, with a size up to 5 or 6 meters in length and a skull about 60 cm long. It is known from parts of at least three (possibly 4) individuals from the Morrison Formation of Utah and Colorado.

The holotype is a left ilium, or upper pelvis bone found at the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in central Utah. It was named by James Madsen for Othniel Charles Marsh, who described many dinosaur fossils during the Bone Wars. The species name was chosen "in honor of the bicentennial of the United States of America" )

Characters on the skeleton show it was an avetheropod, a member of Avetheropoda, a group of more bird-like theropods including Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor and Allosaurus. Benson found it to be a megalosauroid, using a lot of new characters of new Megalosaurus specimens. It lived during the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic), approximately 155 - 150 mya.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)