White Rock Lake (SMUSMP 62098): Santonian, Texas
collected by B. Slaughter

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Clidastes sp. Cope 1868
1 specimen
SMUSMP 62098; partial skull and jaws, with 2 centra
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Dallas
Coordinates: 32.8° North, 96.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.4° North, 65.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Santonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Santonian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Austin Formation:Gober Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Upper chalky member of the Austin Chalk (Santonian)."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: chalk
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Abundance in sediment:rare
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Collection size:1 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:B. Slaughter
Metadata
Database number:106183
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:H. Street
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-03-04 07:22:18 Last modified:2021-02-26 09:11:58
Access level:the public Released:2011-03-04 07:22:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
35400.ETE J. T. Thurmond. 1969. Notes on mosasaurs from Texas. The Texas Journal of Science 21(1):69-80 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]