TMM 43021, Jimmys Creek: Late/Upper Aptian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontidae
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? Iguanodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1850
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Comanche |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 98.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.2° North, 53.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.50000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Trinity | Formation: | Twin Mountains | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Precise stratigraphic position is not known because contact between the Twin Mountains and Glen Rose formation climbs towards the west and north. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,medium,dolomitic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: dolomite-cemented sandstone, fine to medium grained | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: transitional sands deposited along the shoreline | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 52448 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-05 13:54:41 | Last modified: | 2022-05-10 05:24:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-05 13:54:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14010. | ETE | J. G. Pittman. 1989. Stratigraphy, lithology, depositional environment, and track type of dinosaur track-bearing beds of the Gulf Coastal Plain. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 135-153 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 15506 | ETE | T. Vance. 2002. Annotated checklist and bibliography of the prehistoric reptile and dinosaur tracks and trackways of Texas. Occasional Papers of the Dallas Paleontological Society 5:17-79 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |