Also known as Kemp Clay, located in the north bank of the South Sulphur River, situated approximately five miles from Commerce, Hunt County,Texas(U.S.A).
Where: Hunt County County, Texas (33.3° N, 96.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 73.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kemp Clay Formation (Navarro Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified claystone and lithified sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1997. A new Selachian Fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarroan; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (A)(34):131-189 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61738: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 27.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Coupatezia turneri n. sp., Texabatis corrugata n. gen. n. sp.
Coupatezia turneri n. sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 stingray
Texabatis corrugata n. gen. n. sp. stingray | |
Rhombodus ? sp. Dames 1881 stingray
Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames 1881 stingray | |
Dasyatis commercensis n. sp.
Dasyatis commercensis n. sp. whiptail stingray | |
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark | |
Heterodontus granti n. sp.
Heterodontus granti n. sp. bullhead shark | |
Squalus huntensis n. sp.
Squalus huntensis n. sp. dogfish shark | |
Hamrabatis weltoni n. sp. ray
Protoplatyrhina renae Case 1978 guitarfish | |
Rhinobatos uvulatus n. sp., Rhinobatos craddocki n. sp.
Rhinobatos uvulatus n. sp. guitarfish
Rhinobatos craddocki n. sp. guitarfish | |
Ischyrhiza mira, "Ischyrhiza monasterica n. sp." = Ischyrhiza avonicola, Sclerorhynchus pettersi n. sp.
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856 ray
"Ischyrhiza monasterica n. sp." = Ischyrhiza avonicola Estes 1964 ray
Sclerorhynchus pettersi n. sp. ray | |
Ptychotrygon winni n. sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 ray
Ptychotrygon vermiculata Cappetta 1975 ray | |
"Ewingia problematica n. gen. n. sp." = Tomewingia problematica
"Ewingia problematica n. gen. n. sp." = Tomewingia problematica Case and Cappetta 1997 ray | |
Raja farishi n. sp.
Raja farishi n. sp. skate | |
Nebrius sp., Ginglymostoma sp., Cantioscyllium meyeri n. sp., Plicatoscyllium antiquum n. gen. n. sp., Plicatoscyllium derameei n. gen. n. sp.
Nebrius sp. Rüppell 1837 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma sp. Müller and Henle 1838 nurse shark
Cantioscyllium meyeri n. sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark
Plicatoscyllium antiquum n. gen. n. sp. nurse shark
Plicatoscyllium derameei n. gen. n. sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark | |
Cretorectolobus cf. olsoni Case 1978 wobbegong | |
Scyliorhinus ivagrantae n. sp.
Scyliorhinus ivagrantae n. sp. cat shark | |
Palaeogaleus navarroensis n. sp. Case and Cappetta 1997 hound shark
Squatigaleus sulphurensis n. sp. hound shark
Galeorhinus aff. girardoti Herman 1977 school shark | |
"Anomotodon toddi n. sp." = Paranomotodon toddi
"Anomotodon toddi n. sp." = Paranomotodon toddi Case and Cappetta 1997 thresher shark | |
"Carcharias cf. samhammeri" = Carcharias samhammeri, "Carcharias heathi n. sp." = Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias holmdelensis
"Carcharias cf. samhammeri" = Carcharias samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
"Carcharias heathi n. sp." = Carcharias samhammeri Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark
Carcharias holmdelensis Cappetta and Case 1975 sand shark | |
Cretolamna maroccana mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark | |
Odontaspis aculeatus Cappetta and Case 1975 sand tiger shark | |
Pseudocorax granti Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark | |
Serratolamna serrata Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
Scapanorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889 goblin shark | |
Lissodus aff. babulski elasmobranch |