McKinney Hills (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 76.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aguja Formation, Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• 3 levels within formation, beds 13, 15, and 17

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, gray, yellow sandstone and poorly lithified, gray sandstone

• bed 17: sandstone, yellowish gray, soft

•bed 15: sandstone, gray, poorly cemented

•bed 13: sandstone, gray, thin bedded, soft

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. A. Maxwell and R. T. Hazzard. 1967. Stratigraphy. In R. A. Maxwell, J. T. Lonsdale, R. T. Hazzard, & J. A. Wilson (eds.), Geology of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. The University of Texas Publication 6711:23-156 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200448: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur
isolated bones, one incomplete skeleton