L-7 ranch (Triassic to of the United States)

Also known as Cedar Hill; Cedar Mountain

Where: Crosby County, Texas (33.5° N, 101.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 39.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• "The Tecovas Formation consists of mudstone with interbedded siltstone and sandstone deposited primarily in fluvial environments" (Martz & Small 2006: 311)

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1984

• TTUP: Texas Tech University

Primary reference: R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105769: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 24.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia -
Poposaurus gracilis
Poposaurus gracilis Mehl 1915 archosaur
TTUP, partial left ilium and dorsal vertebrae
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
cf. Tecovasuchus sp., Tecovasuchus chatterjeei
cf. Tecovasuchus sp. Martz and Small 2006 aetosaur
TTUP 10079, carapace
Tecovasuchus chatterjeei Martz and Small 2006 aetosaur
TTUP 9222, dorsal paramedian osteoderm