Priddy, Mills Co. [Paluxy Fm] (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Mills County, Texas (31.7° N, 98.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 56.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Paluxy Formation (Trinity Group), Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• COMMENTS: Stratigraphy and chronostratigraphy refined by A. Hendy (7/2008).

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: W. A. Atlee. 1962. The Lower Cretaceous Paluxy Sand in Central Texas. Baylor Geological Studies Bulletin 2:1-25 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11298: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 02.08.2001, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Reptilia indet. refers to turtle fossils, Osteichthyes indet. refers to gar scales, and Vertebrata indet. refers to teeth and plates of unknown invertebrates.
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus sp.
Anomoeodus sp. Forir 1887
SMUSMP 62248
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus sp.
Belonostomus sp. Agassiz 1834
SMUSMP 62249
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp.
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar
Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
Osteichthyes
 Ophiopsiformes - Ophiopsiellidae
Macrepistius sp.
Macrepistius sp. Cope 1894 ray-finned fish
SMUSMP 62257