5 km north of Dockum, Belodon superciliosus (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Dickens County, Texas (33.7° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 41.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dockum Group, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray siliciclastic sediments

• "a light gray bed"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. F. Cummins in 1891

Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1893. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado. Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892:11-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164521: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.12.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Phytosauria -
Belodon superciliosus n. sp. Cope 1893 archosaur