Snider Plaza, University Park: Early/Lower Coniacian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Platecarpus coryphaeus
(Cope 1871)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus | ||||||||||
SMUSMP 61799 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Dallas |
Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 96.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 64.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Coniacian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Coniacian | ||
Age range of interval: | 89.30000 - 85.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Austin | Formation: | Ector Chalk | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Upper part of the lower chalk member of the Austin, if the locality is correct." |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | chalk |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Abundance in sediment: | rare |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 106188 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-03-04 08:26:31 | Last modified: | 2011-03-15 12:34:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-04 08:26:31 |
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] |