near Farmersville: Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian, Texas
collected by B. Slaughter
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Globidens alabamaensis
(Gilmore 1912)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
SMUSMP 62103 | ||||||||||
= Globidens dakotensis
Russell 1975
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Russell 1975 | |||||||||
tooth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Collin |
Coordinates: | 33.2° North, 96.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.9° North, 68.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Taylor | Formation: | Wolfe City/Sprinkle |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Abundance in sediment: | rare |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection |
Collection size: | 1 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | B. Slaughter |
Metadata
Database number: | 106186 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | H. Street, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-03-04 08:05:13 | Last modified: | 2021-02-26 09:17:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-04 08:05:13 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35400. | ETE | J. T. Thurmond. 1969. Notes on mosasaurs from Texas. The Texas Journal of Science 21(1):69-80 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
39763 | D. A. Russell. 1975. A new species of Globidens from South Dakota, and a review of the globidentine mosasaurs. Fieldiana Geology 33(13):235-256 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |