Where: Fannin County, Texas (33.5° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 67.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Taylor Marl Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université de Montpellier
Primary reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé du Texas. Geobios 8:303-307 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 213303: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Chondrichthyes | |
Scyliorhinus taylorensis n. sp.
Scyliorhinus taylorensis n. sp. Cappetta and Case 1999 cat shark | |
Pseudocorax granti n. sp.
Pseudocorax granti n. sp. Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark | |
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Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz 1843 crow shark | |
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Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852 goblin shark | |
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Chiloscyllium aff. greeni Cappetta 1973 carpet shark | |
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Cantioscyllium meyeri Case and Cappetta 1997 nurse shark | |
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Sclerorhynchus "sp. 1" Woodward 1889 ray
Sclerorhynchus fanninensis n. sp. Cappetta and Case 1999 ray | |
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Texatrygon copei n. sp. Cappetta and Case 1999 ray
Ptychotrygon aff. blainensis Case 1978 ray | |
Rhinobatos ladoniaensis n. sp.
Rhinobatos ladoniaensis n. sp. Cappetta and Case 1999 guitarfish | |