southeast branch, Hackberry Creek: Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
SMUSMP 61866, maxillary fragment | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Dallas |
Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 97.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 63.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 99.60000 - 89.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Eagle Ford | Formation: | Britton | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "SMUSMP 61866 comes from the lower (bentonitic) member of the Britton (units 1 and 2 of Norton, 1965)." |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 1 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 106196 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-03-04 09:13:51 | Last modified: | 2011-03-15 12:43:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-04 09:13:51 |
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] |