Amon Carter Airfield (ACA) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Tarrant County, Texas (32.9° N, 97.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 61.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• formerly Arlington Sandstone Mbr.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université de Montpellier

Primary reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé du Texas. Geobios 8:303-307 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213298: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
Enantiobatis tarrantensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Enantiobatis tarrantensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Cappetta and Case 1999 elasmobranch
 Rajiformes -
? Pseudohypolophus sp.1, Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi
? Pseudohypolophus sp.1 Cappetta and Case 1975 guitarfish
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi Thurmond 1971 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon slaughteri n. sp.
Ptychotrygon slaughteri n. sp. Cappetta and Case 1975 ray
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
"Sechmetia cruciformis n. sp." = Onchopristis dunklei2
"Sechmetia cruciformis n. sp." = Onchopristis dunklei2 McNulty and Slaughter 1962 ray
 Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Cretorectolobus sp.1
Cretorectolobus sp.1 Case 1978 wobbegong
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium sp.1
Cantioscyllium sp.1 Woodward 1889 nurse shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis tenuiplicatus n. sp." = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus
"Odontaspis tenuiplicatus n. sp." = Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus Cappetta and Case 1975 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax baharijensis1, Microcorax crassus n. gen. n. sp.
Squalicorax baharijensis1 Stromer 1927 crow shark
Microcorax crassus n. gen. n. sp. Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Protolamna carteri n. sp.1
Protolamna carteri n. sp.1 Cappetta and Case 1999 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata1
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata1 Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Haimirichiidae
"Odontaspis amonensis n. sp." = Haimirichia amonensis
"Odontaspis amonensis n. sp." = Haimirichia amonensis Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus aff. praeraphiodon1
Scapanorhynchus aff. praeraphiodon1 Sokolov 1978 goblin shark
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus "sp. 1"1, Hybodus "sp. 2"1
Hybodus "sp. 1"1 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Hybodus "sp. 2"1 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes -
Lissodus sp.1
Lissodus sp.1 Brough 1935 elasmobranch
1Cappetta and Case 1999; 2Werner 1989