Where: Borden County, Texas (32.8° N, 101.5° W: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 40.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Trujillo Formation (Dockum Group), Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Site could be with the stratigraphically lower Tecovas Formation. Trujillo in general suggested to be of Revueltian (Norian) age based upon tetrapods, but this site is suggested to be of latest Apachean age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, sandy conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas, R. Kahle and K. E. Zeigler. 2001. New occurrence of Trilophosaurus (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic of West Texas and its biochronological significance. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 52nd Field Conference, Geology of the Llano Estacado 115-122 [R. Butler/R. Butler/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94492: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 23.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
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"Phytosauridae indet." = Mystriosuchinae2
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Bivalvia | |
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel |