Snider Plaza, University Park: Early/Lower Coniacian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Platecarpus coryphaeus (Cope 1871)
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]