Pecan Valley Estates: Albian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus cf. butleri
Thurmond 1971
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| recombined as Meristodonoides butleri | ||||||||||
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Ophiopsiformes
- Ophiopsiellidae
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Macrepistius sp.
Cope 1894
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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? Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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? Paracimexomys sp.
Archibald 1982
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Jacobs and Winkler 1998 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Eutriconodonta
- Triconodontidae
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Astroconodon denisoni
Patterson 1951
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Jacobs and Winkler 1998 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Holoclemensiidae
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Comanchea hilli n. sp.
Jacobs et al. 1989
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Jacobs and Winkler 1998 | |||||||||
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= Holoclemensia texana
Slaughter 1968
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Davis and Cifelli 2011 | |||||||||
| Includes holotype LDP5 of Comanchea hilli (SMP-SMU 71848) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Prosirenidae
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Prosiren elinorae
Goin and Auffenberg 1958
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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? Discoglossidae indet.
Günther 1859
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Callodus coronatus
Thurmond 1974
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
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Gyronchus dumblei
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiidae indet.
Huxley 1861
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Erath |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 98.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.8° North, 58.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Gallic |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Paluxy | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: apparently from two closely spaced beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: shale/mudstone and sandstone | |
| Environment: | deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: "fluvial meanderbelt to coastal barrier and deltaic facies" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | SMU Loc. 157 | ||
| Database number: | 14411 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, R. Benson | Enterer: | J. Alroy, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2021-11-15 15:52:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7600. | D. A. Winkler, P. A. Murry, and L. L. Jacobs. 1990. Early Cretaceous (Comanchean) vertebrates of central Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(1):95-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 38296 | B. M. Davis and R. L. Cifelli. 2011. Reappraisal of the tribosphenidan mammals from the Trinity Group (Aptian-Albian) of Texas and Oklahoma. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):441-462 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 2008 | L. L. Jacobs and D. A. Winkler. 1998. Mammals, archosaurs, and the Early to Late Cretaceous terrestrial transition in north-central Texas. In Y. Tomida, L. J. Flynn, & L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Advances in Vertebrate Paleontology and Geochronology. National Science Museum Monographs 14:253-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |