Terrell (UTA): Late/Upper Campanian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
? Plioplatecarpus sp. Dollo 1882
? Tylosaurus sp. Marsh 1872
1 specimen
? Prognathodon sp. Dollo 1889
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Kaufman
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 96.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.5° North, 68.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Navarro
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Neylandville Marl = upper Taylor
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Abundance in sediment:common
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:106278
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:H. Street, M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-03-05 08:46:20 Last modified:2021-02-26 06:08:26
Access level:the public Released:2011-03-05 08:46:20
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]