Stephenville Park: Early/Lower Cretaceous, Texas
collected by G. Wieland 1930
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Macromesodon dumblei
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Thurmond 1974 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| FMNH PF 1045, 1041 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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1 individual | |||||||||
| "nearly complete dinosaur skeleton" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Langston 1974 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Erath |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 98.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.2° North, 51.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Trinity |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | G. Wieland | Collection dates: | 1930s |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Paluxy River | ||
| Database number: | 52042 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-13 14:36:40 | Last modified: | 2021-07-02 13:39:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-13 14:36:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64460. | W. S. Adkins. 1933. The Mesozoic systems in Texas. In E. H. Sellards, W. S. Adkins, F. B. Plummer (eds.), The Geology of Texas. Volume I. Stratigraphy. The University of Texas Bulletin 3232:239-518 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 13937 | ETE | 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] |
| 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] |