Chalk Hill Road (Cretaceous of the United States)
Where: Dallas County, Texas (32.8° N, 96.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 63.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Arcadia Park Formation (Eagle Ford Group), Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. P. Welles and B. H. Slaughter. 1963. The first record of the plesiosaurian genus Polyptychodon (Pliosauridae) from the New World. Journal of Paleontology 37(1):131-133 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57763: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.12.2005
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Taxonomic list
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| Reptilia | |
Polyptychodon hudsoni n. sp.
Polyptychodon hudsoni n. sp. Welles and Slaughter 1963 plesiosaur | |