Terlingua: Judithian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Tribotheria indet. Butler 1978
see also Cifelli 1994
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Alphadon perexiguus n. sp. Cifelli 1994
Cifelli 1994
(1 measurement)
Alphadon cf. halleyi Sahni 1972
Cifelli 1994
includes "A. cf. sahnii" Cifelli 1994, which replaced "A. cf. wilsoni" (1 measurement)
Turgidodon sp. Cifelli 1990
    = Turgidodon cf. lillegraveni Cifelli 1990
Cifelli 1994
Mammalia - Zhelestidae
Gallolestes sp. Lillegraven 1976
    = Gallolestes agujaensis n. sp. Cifelli 1994
Cifelli 1994
Mammalia
Paleomolops langstoni n. sp. Cifelli 1994
Cifelli 1994
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
said to be a new genus
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulacidae indet. Ameghino 1890
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon sp. Marsh 1889
Cimolodon cf. electus Fox 1971
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus sp. Cope 1882
two forms, one probably new
Cimolomys clarki Sahni 1972
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
"sp. nov. X" and "sp. nov. Y"
Reptilia - Xantusiidae
Catactegenys solaster n. gen., n. sp. Nydam et al. 2013
Nydam et al. 2013
Holotype: TMM 43057-286, partial right spleniodentary; paratypes: TMM 43057-287, partial right maxilla; TMM 43057-288, partial left spleniodentary; TMM 43057-393, partial left spleniodentary; referred specimens: OMNH 30874, partial left spleniodentary; OMNH 30884, partial spleniodentary; TMM 43057-404, two isolated, unassociated teeth.
Reptilia - Scincidae
Sauriscus sp. Estes 1964
    = Scincidae sp. Gray 1825
Nydam et al. 2013
OMNH 30872, partial left dentary; OMNH 30885, partial left dentary; OMNH 25347, partial left maxilla (specimen missing)
Scincidae indet. Gray 1825
"sp. nov. A"
Reptilia
cf. Scincomorpha sp. (Camp 1923)
Nydam et al. 2013
TMM 43057-267, fragment of a right maxilla
Teiidae indet. Gray 1827
"sp. nov. B"
    = Apsgnathus triptodon n. gen., n. sp. Nydam et al. 2013
Nydam et al. 2013
Holotype: TMM 43057-264, partial left dentary. Paratypes - TMM 43057-275, fragment of left dentary; TMM 43057-270, jaw fragment; TMM 43057-402, jaw fragment. Referred Specimen - OMNH 25347, partial left maxilla
Reptilia - Serpentes
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Xenosauridae
cf. Xenosauridae sp. Cope 1866
Nydam et al. 2013
TMM 43057-614, osteoderm; TMM 43057-615; TMM 43057-616; OMNH 23035, left maxilla (missing); OMNH 25337, left maxilla (missing)
Reptilia - Necrosauridae
Necrosauridae indet. Hoffstetter 1943
Reptilia
Restes sp. Gauthier 1982
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
OMNH 30888, isolated osteoderm; TMM 43057-607, partial right frontal; TMM 43057-282, isolated osteoderm; TMM 43057-608613, isolated osteoderms
Odaxosaurus sp. Gilmore 1928
    = Odaxosaurus piger Gilmore 1928
Nydam et al. 2013
OMNH 30877, partial left dentary; TMM43057-61, partial leftmaxilla;TMM43057-278, partial right maxilla; TMM 43057-279, partial right maxilla; TMM 43057-281, partial left dentary.
Glyptosaurinae indet. Marsh 1872
Proxestops sp. Gauthier 1982
Reptilia
Platynota indet. Baur 1890
Nydam et al. 2013
TMM 43057-332, dorsal vertebra
cf. Parasaniwa wyomingensis Gilmore 1928
Nydam et al. 2013
OMNH 30882, right dentary fragment; OMNH 30883, dentary fragment; TMM 43057-403, dentary fragment; TMM 43057-266 jaw fragment; TMM 43057-399, jaw fragment
Reptilia - Baenidae
"Baena" sp. Leidy 1870
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
"Aspideretes" sp. Hay 1904
    = Trionychinae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2007
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia
Deinosuchus riograndensis (Colbert and Bird 1954)
original and current combination Phobosuchus riograndensis
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
Goniopholidae indet. (Cope 1875)
original and current combination Goniopholididae
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
Reptilia - Pachycephalosauridae
cf. Troodon sp. Leidy 1856
    = Pachycephalosauridae indet. Sternberg 1945
Sankey 2001
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauria indet. Osborn 1923
    = Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
Sankey 2001
Reptilia - Theropoda
cf. Dromaeosaurus sp. Matthew and Brown 1922
    = Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Sankey 2001
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
cf. Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990
misspelt "Ricardoestesia"
    = Richardoestesia cf. gilmorei Currie et al. 1990
Sankey 2001
cf. Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978
    = Saurornitholestes cf. langstoni Sues 1978
Sankey 2001
Reptilia - Caenagnathidae
Leptorhynchos gaddisi Longrich et al. 2013
Longrich et al. 2013 3 specimens
TMM 43057-36, 354, 357
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906
2 specimens
TMM 43057-505, caudal vertebra; 43057-142, digit III pedal phalanx
    = Tyrannosaurinae indet. Matthew and Brown 1922
Lehman and Wick 2013
Reptilia - Ornithomimidae
Ornithomimus informal sp. nov. Marsh 1890
Longrich et al. 2013 1 specimen
TMM 43057-424
cf. Struthiomimus sp. Osborn 1916
Longrich et al. 2013 1 specimen
TMM 43057-165
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
8 specimens
TMM 43057-257, 249-251, 253-255, 258
    = Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982
Gardner 2000
Albanerpeton gracilis Gardner 2000
Gardner 2000 3 specimens
OMNH 60242, 25349, 60325
Albanerpeton nexuosus Estes 1981
Gardner 2000 9 specimens
OMNH 25345, 60238-60241, 25235, 25238, 60243-60244
Albanerpeton nexuosum (Estes 1981)
Gardner and DeMar 2013
original and current combination Albanerpeton nexuosus
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Anura informal indet. 1 (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Gardner et al. 2016 2 specimens
OMNH 25243*, TMM 43057-256*, maxillae
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Scapherpetontidae indet. (Auffenberg and Goin 1959)
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Phyllodontidae indet. Sauvage 1875
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
Chondrichthyes
Batomorphii indet. Cappetta 1980
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Onchopristis dunklei McNulty and Slaughter 1962
Ischyrhiza avonicola Estes 1964
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Squatirhina americana Estes 1964
recombined as Restesia americana
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1834)
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lissodus selachos (Estes 1964)
original and current combination Lonchidion selachos
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"wood, coal, amber"
Teredolites sp. Leymerie 1842
shipworm borings
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Brewster
Coordinates: 29.3° North, 103.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.8° North, 77.0° 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
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Campanian *Local age/stage:Judithian
Key time interval:Judithian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aguja Member:Upper Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "microvertebrate-bearing bed is 13 to 18 cm thick" and "within several meters of the top of the underlying Terlingua Creek sandstone member"
ammonites and bivalves support a late Campanian age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "discontinuous stringers of fine (granule to small pebble) conglomerate separated by thin lenses of fine sandstones and clayey siltstone"
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: "shallow channel with sluggish current... estuarine environment"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,sieve
Minimum sieve size:0.300
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:TMM
Taxonomic list comments:"Pediomys cf. krejcii" is indeterminate at the ordinal level: Cifelli 1994
Metadata
Also known as:OMNH V58; TMM 43057
Database number:14489
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, J. Tennant, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2023-07-14 14:04:40
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
2988. T. Rowe, R. L. Cifelli, T. M. Lehman and A. Weil. 1992. The Campanian Terlingua local fauna, with a summary of other vertebrates from the Aguja Formation, Trans-Pecos Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(4):472-493 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1211 R. L. Cifelli. 1994. Therian mammals of the Terlingua local fauna (Judithian), Aguja Formation, Big Bend of the Rio Grande, Texas. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 30(2):117-136 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
42675 J. D. Gardner. 2000. Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of North America. Geodiversitas 22(3):349-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65027 J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]
64015 J. D. Gardner, C. M. Redman, and R. L. Cifelli. 2016. The hopping dead: Late Cretaceous frogs from the middle-late Campanian (Judithian) of western North America. Fossil Imprint 72(1-2):78-107 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]
48379 T. M. Lehman and S. L. Wick. 2013. Tyrannosauroid dinosaurs from the Aguja Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103(3-4):1-15 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
46506 N. R. Longrich, K. Barnes, S. Clark and L. Millar. 2013. Caenagnathidae from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation of west Texas, and a revision of the Caenagnathinae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(1):23-49 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
48070 R. L. Nydam, T. B. Rowe, and R. L. Cifelli. 2013. Lizards and snakes of the Terlingua local fauna (Late Campanian), Aguja Formation, Texas, with comments on the distribution of paracontemporaneous squamates throughout the Western Interior of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5):1081-1099 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
11752ETE J. T. Sankey. 2001. Late Campanian southern dinosaurs, Aguja Formation, Big Bend, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 75(1):208-215 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]