Also known as SMU 17
Where: Erath County, Texas (32.2° N, 98.2° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 58.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Paluxy Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• from two beds separated by about 1 m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deltaic; sandstone
Primary reference: D. A. Winkler, P. A. Murry, and L. L. Jacobs. 1990. Early Cretaceous (Comanchean) vertebrates of central Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(1):95-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27613: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.12.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
cf. Hylaeobatis ornata elasmobranch | |
"Leptostyrax bicuspidatus" = Leptostyrax macrorhiza
"Leptostyrax bicuspidatus" = Leptostyrax macrorhiza Cope 1875 mackerel shark | |
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi Thurmond 1971 guitarfish | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Lacertilia indet. lizard | |
Osteichthyes | |
Macrepistius sp. Cope 1894 ray-finned fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835 | |
Paramicrodon estesi Thurmond 1974 | |
? Melvius sp. Bryant 1988 bowfin |