List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cretoxyrhinidae
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Oxyrhina extenta
Leidy 1873
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synonym of Cretoxyrhina mantelli | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Clidastes sp.
Cope 1868
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from the top of the formation | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosaurus sp.
de la Beche and Conybeare 1821
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Cimoliasaurus sp.
Leidy 1851
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Actinopteri
- Pachycormiformes
- Pachycormidae
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Protosphyraena sp.
Leidy 1857
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Xiphactinus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Ichthyodectes sp.
Cope 1870
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | McLennan |
Coordinates: | 31.5° North, 97.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 65.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Eagle Ford | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Age based on ranges for the Eagle Ford; beds are 200 ft. thick "in the Waco section, south of South Bosque" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,blue "shale" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "bluish and bluish-gray clays and arenaceous shales" | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Abundance in sediment: | few |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 107425 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
Modifier: | H. Street | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-04-08 04:56:03 | Last modified: | 2011-04-07 15:01:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-08 04:56:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35761. | ETE | R. T. Hill. 1901. Geography and geology of the Black and Grand Prairies, Texas. Twenty-First Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey. Part VII—Texas 1-666 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
35745 | ETE | D. A. Russell. 1964. The Skull of American Mosasaurs. 1-386 [M. Carrano/H. Street/P. Wagner] |