SMU Loc. 331 [PROXY]: Early/Lower Albian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Sandownidae
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Leyvachelys cipadi
Cadena 2015
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Cadena 2015 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Crocodyliformes indet.
Hay 1930
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Rogers 2000 | |||||||||
| SMU 74977 - egg | ||||||||||
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Pachycheilosuchus trinquei n. gen., n. sp.
Rogers 2003
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
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Amiiformes indet.
Hay 1929
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1833)
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Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albulidae indet.
Bleeker 1859
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Chondrichthyes
- Batoidea
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Batoidea indet.
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| "rays" | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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| "Oyster beds" | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherideidae
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Asciocythere rotunda
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Erath |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 98.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.0° North, 56.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Gallic |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Albian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Trinity | Formation: | Glen Rose Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | hummocky CS argillaceous,silty "limestone" |
| Lithology description: "ledge-forming, bedded limestones... silt and carbonate mud lenses predominate... Hummocky bedding" | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: "periodic storm wave action... shallow, near-shore, protected, brackish waters" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 31172 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-04-15 16:39:48 | Last modified: | 2021-11-15 15:51:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-04-15 16:39:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8392. | J. V. Rogers, II. 2003. Pachycheilosuchus trinquei, a new procoelous crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Glen Rose Formation of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):128-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Tennant] |
Secondary references:
| 60081 | E. Cadena. 2015. The first South American sandownid turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia. PeerJ 3:e1431:1-24 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 37881 | J. V. Rogers, II. 2000. A complete crocodiloid egg from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Glen Rose Formation, central Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(4):780-783 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |