East of Culleoka: Campanian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Clidastes sp.
Cope 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 22964, skull | ||||||||||
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Tylosaurus sp.
Marsh 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 18496, skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Collin |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 96.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 67.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Taylor Marl |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Collection size: | 2 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Culeoka in the Lavon Reservoir area | ||
| Database number: | 107638 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-04-12 05:06:29 | Last modified: | 2014-08-20 17:35:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-12 05:06:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35745. | ETE | D. A. Russell. 1964. The Skull of American Mosasaurs. 1-386 [M. Carrano/H. Street/P. Wagner] |