Lewis: Albian, Texas
collected by B. H. Slaughter

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Thurmond 1974
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
? Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Thurmond 1974 1 specimen
SMUSMP 62252
Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus sp. Agassiz 1834
Thurmond 1974 1 specimen
SMUSMP 62135
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Nonaphalagodus trinitiensis n. gen., n. sp. Thurmond 1974
Thurmond 1974 1 specimen
SMPSMP 62086
Callodus coronatus n. gen., n. sp. Thurmond 1974
Thurmond 1974 2 specimens
SMPSMP 62087, 62107
Palaeobalistum rectidens n. sp. Thurmond 1974
Thurmond 1974 5 specimens
SMUSMP 62105, 61624, 62106, 62114, 62116
Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae
Astroconodon denisoni Patterson 1951
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
? Coelacanthidae indet. Agassiz 1843
Thurmond 1974 1 specimen
SMUSMP 62239
Branchiopoda - Lioestheriidae
? Cyzicus (Lioestheria) sp. (Deperet and Mazeran 1912)
Tasch 1967
spelled with current rank as Lioestheria
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Wise
Coordinates: 33.1° North, 97.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.6° North, 57.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Trinity Formation:Paluxy Member:Middle
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Albian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy claystone
Lithology description: "sandy clay matrix" (Tasch 1967)
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:B. H. Slaughter
Collection method comments: SMU collection
Metadata
Database number:14391
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2016-06-06 15:03:25
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3187. B. H. Slaughter. 1969. Astroconodon, the Cretaceous Triconodont. Journal of Mammalogy 50(1):102-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

13937ETE W. Langston. 1974. Nonmammalian Comanchean tetrapods. In B. F. Perkins (ed.), Aspects of Trinity Division Geology. A Symposium on the Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Environments, and Fauna of the Comanche Cretaceous Trinity Division (Aptian and Albian) of Texas and Northern Mexico. Geoscience and Man 8:77-102 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
35509 P. Tasch. 1967. Conchostracans from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Paluxy Formation, Texas. 41(1):256-259 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
56060 J. T. Thurmond. 1974. Lower vertebrate faunas of the Trinity Division on north-central Texas. In B. F. Perkins (ed.), Aspects of Trinity Division Geology. A Symposium on the Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Environments, and Fauna of the Comanche Cretaceous Trinity Division (Aptian and Albian) of Texas and Northern Mexico. Geoscience and Man 8:103-129 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]