Loc. 8, Brazo Point [Walnut Clay]: Early/Lower Albian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Bosque
Coordinates: 32.2° North, 97.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.9° North, 55.7° West
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
*Period:Early/Lower Cretaceous - Middle Cretaceous
Key time interval:Early/Lower Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Fredericksburg Formation:Walnut Clay
Stratigraphy comments: COMMENTS: Stratigraphy and chronostratigraphy refined by A. Hendy (7/2008).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Secondary lithology:green sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Fossils collected from massive, pastel green, very fine sandstone imediately below the base of the Walnut clay.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Reptilia indet. is identified as fossilized bones of turtles.
Metadata
Database number:11297
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:C. Ferguson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-08-02 11:10:17 Last modified:2021-07-02 13:32:37
Access level:the public Released:2001-08-02 11:10:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4155. W. A. Atlee. 1962. The Lower Cretaceous Paluxy Sand in Central Texas. Baylor Geological Studies Bulletin 2:1-25 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner]