SMU Loc. 263 (upper Paw Paw Fm.): Late/Upper Albian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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| "Small fish teeth" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Rodriguez-de la Rosa 1996 | |||||||||
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= Pawpawsaurus campbelli n. gen., n. sp.
Lee 1996
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Lee 1996 | |||||||||
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Malacostraca
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Malacostraca indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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| "crab fragments" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea sp.
Sacco 1897
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Tarrant |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 97.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.2° North, 59.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||
| *International age/stage: | Late/Upper Albian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Paw Paw | ||||
| Local section: | SMU locality 263 | Local bed: | 7 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from the uppermost 3 m of the formation centered on about the 7 m level in the local section | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | desiccation cracks,concretionary,brown calcareous claystone |
| Lithology description: brown to dark brown mudstone; calcareous nodules, vertical sand/caliche-filled cracks | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: formation is mostly "clay," so this "mudstone" interval is presumably clayenvironment is "predominantly nearshore marine" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:not clear if invertebrates were collected; interval also includes the nodosaur Pawpawsaurus campbelli | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 5195 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-09-01 17:20:40 | Last modified: | 2021-11-15 15:53:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-09-01 17:20:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 312. | 5% 6320 | Y. -N. Lee. 1996. A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithschia) from the Paw Paw Formation (late Albian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(2):232-245 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 7836 | K. Carpenter and J. I. Kirkland. 1998. Review of Lower and middle Cretaceous ankylosaurs from North America. Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, S. G. Lucas, J. I. Kirkland & J. W. Estep (eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:249-270 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14772 | ETE | R. A. Rodriguez-de la Rosa. 1996. Vertebrate remains from a Late Cretaceous locality (Campanian, Cerro del Pueblo Formation), Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.):60A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |