TMM 31213, TMM Site 1 (Triassic to of the United States)

Also known as WPA

Where: Borden County, Texas (32.8° N, 101.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 40.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Colorado City Formation (Dockum Group), Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Previously referred to as "pre-Tecovas" horizon

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by WPA, G. Meade in 1940; reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: Anonymous. 1940. The sixth quarterly report covering the quarter ending September 30, 1940 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98605: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 14.10.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Diapsida -
Trilophosaurus sp. Case 1928 archosauromorph
TMM 31213-8, 11, 12, 13, postcrania
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
Paleorhinus sawini n. sp. Long and Murry 1995 archosaur
TMM 31213-16, skull
 Pseudosuchia -
"Desmatosuchus haplocerus" = Episcoposaurus haplocerus
"Desmatosuchus haplocerus" = Episcoposaurus haplocerus Cope 1892 aetosaur
TMM 31213-1, 34, postcrania
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Longosuchus meadi aetosaur
TMM 31213-14, two lateral plates
 Loricata - Rauisuchidae
Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee 1985 rauisuchid
TMM 31213-6, 7, 27, postcrania