NMMNH L-1312, Lower Kalgary (Triassic of the United States)

Also known as Home Creek, SMU Loc. 120, Holmes Creek

Where: Crosby County, Texas (33.4° N, 101.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 7.7° N, 30.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tecovas Formation (Dockum Group), Norian (227.3 - 205.7 Ma)

• approx. 4 m above base of Dockum Gp, low in Tecovas Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; paleosol/pedogenic, gray, green, red, calcareous, carbonaceous siltstone and paleosol/pedogenic, pebbly, gray, green, red, argillaceous, calcareous conglomerate

• "a small fluvial channel in a wet lowland", later interpreted as "a lacustrine facies...with some fluvial influence"
• "muddy siltstone/clay pebble conglomerate; slightly calcareous with a few small pedogenic nodules; medium sand-size quartz; charcoal fragments; olive gray 5 Y 5/2 to light ollive gray 5 Y 6/2; weathers to weak red 10 R 5/4"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the NMMNH

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,

Primary reference: P. A. Murry. 1986. Vertebrate paleontology of the Dockum Group, western Texas and eastern New Mexico. In K. Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic–Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 109-137 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 48424: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.03.2005, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

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Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetales indet.2
Equisetales indet.2 Dumortier 1829
Gnathostomata
  -
"Osteichthyes indet." = Osteichthyes4, Actinopterygii indet.1, ? Actinopterygii indet.1
"Osteichthyes indet." = Osteichthyes4 Huxley 1880 bony fish
NMMNH P-30782, 30785, 30796, 30798, 34194, 34220, 34304, 34267, 34283-85;NMMNH P-34398, 34170, 30781
Actinopterygii indet.1 ray-finned fish
NMMNH P-29449, 30792, 34187, 34276, 34278-80, 34218, 34303, 34399
? Actinopterygii indet.1 ray-finned fish
NMMNH P-29439-40, 30781, 34170, 34189, 41460-61
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
cf. Turseodus sp.3
cf. Turseodus sp.3 Leidy 1857
NMMNH P-29443, 30794, 34193, 34265, 41460-64
 Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae
Redfieldiidae indet., ? Redfieldiidae indet.1
Redfieldiidae indet. Hutchinson 1973
NMMNH P-29446, 30784, 30795, 34191-92, 34264, 41455-59
? Redfieldiidae indet.1 Hutchinson 1973
or Synorichthys sp.
Actinopteri
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodontidae indet.
Colobodontidae indet. Stensiö 1916
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Semionotidae indet.1
Semionotidae indet.1 Woodward 1890
NMMNH P-29441, 29445, 30793, 30797, 30783, 34266, 41465
Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Coelacanthidae indet.1
Coelacanthidae indet.1 Agassiz 1843 coelacanth
NMMNH P-34263, 44066-67
Osteichthyes
 Ceratodontiformes - Arganodontidae
Arganodus dorotheae1
Arganodus dorotheae1 Case 1921 Australian lungfish
NMMNH P-34171
 Tetrapoda -
Tetrapoda indet.1
Tetrapoda indet.1 Jaekel 1911 tetrapod
NMMNH P-30811, 34175
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet.1
Reptilia indet.1 Laurenti 1768 reptile
NMMNH P-29947, 29448, 30824, 34172, 34287, 34208, 30788, 30810, 30812, 34176-80
 Eosuchia -
Lepidosauria indet.3
Lepidosauria indet.3 Haeckel 1866 lepidosaur
"tricuspid teeth more similar to lacertilians than to the Eolacertilia"
 Rhynchocephalia - Sphenodontidae
Paleollanosaurus fraseri n. gen. n. sp.1
Paleollanosaurus fraseri n. gen. n. sp.1 Heckert 2004 rhynchocephalian
NMMNH P-34395
 Lepidosauria -
Sphenodontia indet.1
 Diapsida -
Prolacertiformes indet.1, Archosauriformes "indet. A"1, Archosauriformes "indet. B"1, Archosauriformes "indet. C"1, Archosauriformes "indet. D"1, Archosauriformes "indet. E"1, Archosauriformes "indet. F"1, Archosauriformes "indet. G"1, Archosauriformes "indet. H"1, Archosauriformes "indet. I"1, Archosauriformes "indet. J"1, Archosauriformes "indet. K"1, Archosauriformes "indet. L"1, Archosauriformes "indet. M"1, Archosauriformes "indet. N"1, Archosauriformes "indet. O"1, Archosauriformes "indet. P"1
Prolacertiformes indet.1 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34056
Archosauriformes "indet. A"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-30802, 34348
Archosauriformes "indet. B"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34349, 34484
Archosauriformes "indet. C"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34350, 34485
Archosauriformes "indet. D"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34351, 34486
Archosauriformes "indet. E"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34352, 34487
Archosauriformes "indet. F"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34353
Archosauriformes "indet. G"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-35354
Archosauriformes "indet. H"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34355, 34486
Archosauriformes "indet. I"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34356, 34489
Archosauriformes "indet. J"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34357, 34490
Archosauriformes "indet. K"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34358, 34491
Archosauriformes "indet. L"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34359, 34492
Archosauriformes "indet. M"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34360, 34493
Archosauriformes "indet. N"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-30800, 34361
Archosauriformes "indet. O"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34362
Archosauriformes "indet. P"1 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34363
 Pseudosuchia -
Rauisuchia indet.3, aff. Pekinosaurus olseni1
Rauisuchia indet.3 archosaur
Poposauridaee or Rauisuchidae
aff. Pekinosaurus olseni1 Hunt and Lucas 1994 aetosaur
NMMNH P-34257
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Stagonolepididae indet.1, ? Stagonolepididae indet.1
? Stagonolepididae indet.1 aetosaur
NMMNH P-34286, 34288-89
 Phytosauria - Parasuchidae
"Phytosauridae indet." = Mystriosuchinae1, "? Phytosauridae indet." = Mystriosuchinae1
"Phytosauridae indet." = Mystriosuchinae1 von Huene 1915 archosaur
NMMNH P-30803, 30806, 34077, 34244-46, 34400, 34402
"? Phytosauridae indet." = Mystriosuchinae1 von Huene 1915 archosaur
NMMNH P-34247-49, 34401
 Saurischia -
? Prosauropoda indet.1
? Prosauropoda indet.1 prosauropod
NMMNH P-34251-52
 Ornithischia -
? Ornithischia indet.1, Ornithischia indet.1
? Ornithischia indet.1 Seeley 1888 ornithischian
NMMNH P-30786, 34199, 34202-03, 30805, 30819, 34255, 34393-94
Ornithischia indet.1 Seeley 1888 ornithischian
"bulbous, waisted 'fabrosaurid'-like teeth"
 Theropoda -
? Theropoda indet.1
? Theropoda indet.1 theropod
possibly referrable to rauisuchians
 Diapsida -
Protecovasaurus lucasi n. gen. n. sp.1, aff. Protecovasaurus lucasi1, Tecovasaurus sp.1, Crosbysaurus harrisae n. gen. n. sp.1, aff. Crosbysaurus harrisae1, ? Trilophosaurus sp.1, Trilophosaurus buettneri1
Protecovasaurus lucasi n. gen. n. sp.1 Heckert 2004 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34196-97, 34321-22, 34392, 34495-96, 41466
aff. Protecovasaurus lucasi1 Heckert 2004 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34198, 30807, 34359
Tecovasaurus sp.1 Hunt and Lucas 1994 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34256
Crosbysaurus harrisae n. gen. n. sp.1 Heckert 2004 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34200-01, 34260, 34262, 34393-94, 34397
aff. Crosbysaurus harrisae1 Heckert 2004 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34347
? Trilophosaurus sp.1 Case 1928 archosauromorph
NMMNH P-34293-94
Trilophosaurus buettneri1 Case 1928 archosauromorph
 Parareptilia - Procolophonidae
Procolophonidae indet.1
Procolophonidae indet.1 Lydekker 1889 parareptile
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Cynodontia
Cynodontia indet.1
 Therapsida - Dromatheriidae
aff. Rewaconodon tikiensis1
aff. Rewaconodon tikiensis1 Datta et al. 2004 cynodont
 Therapsida - Tritheledontidae
? Tritheledontidae indet.1
? Tritheledontidae indet.1 mammaliamorph
NMMNH P-30813
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Temnospondyli indet.1
Temnospondyli indet.1 tetrapod
NMMNH P-34174, 34296, 30799, 34183, 34297, 34295
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposauridae indet.1
Metoposauridae indet.1 Watson 1919 tetrapod
NMMNH P-34239-40
Pisces
  -
"? Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes1
"? Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes1 Huxley 1880 bony fish
NMMNH P-34274, 34397, 34277-78, 34499
Gnathostomata
  -
? Chondrichthyes indet.1
? Chondrichthyes indet.1 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
NMMNH P-30796, 30808, 34184, 34186, 34270-71, 34275, 34301-02
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
"Lissodus humblei" = Lonchidion humblei, "Lonchidion aff. humblei" = Lonchidion humblei1
"Lissodus humblei" = Lonchidion humblei Murry 1981 elasmobranch
SMUSMP 67951, 67954, 67469, 67955. NMMNH P-34166, 34185, 41451-54
"Lonchidion aff. humblei" = Lonchidion humblei1 Murry 1981 elasmobranch
NMMNH P-29436, 34272, 34305 (also listed as Lonchidiidae indet.)
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
aff. Polyacrodus sp.1
aff. Polyacrodus sp.1 Jaekel 1889 elasmobranch
NMMNH P-34273 (also listed as Hybodontidae indet.)
 Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
"Xenacanthus moorei" = Triodus moorei
"Xenacanthus moorei" = Triodus moorei Woodward 1889 elasmobranch
NMMNH P-34165, 34300, 34299, 41446-48, 41450
Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Cyzicidae
Cyzicus sp.2
Cyzicus sp.2 Audouin 1837 clam shrimp
1Heckert 2004; 2Murry 1987; 3Murry 1989; 4Mutter and Heckert 2006