LSUMG 488, Talley Mountain (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as VL-488

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.1° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 76.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: channel lag; paleosol/pedogenic, intraclastic, sandy conglomerate

• "lag deposits from the base of fluvial channels"
• "carbonate-cemented, pedogenic-nodule, sandstone conglomerates containing numerous clasts of clay, pedogenic nodules..."

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: J. T. Sankey. 2001. Late Campanian southern dinosaurs, Aguja Formation, Big Bend, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 75(1):208-215 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68002: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.12.2006, edited by Mark Bell

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
  -
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet.1 Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp.1 Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Ornithischia indet.1 ornithischian
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
LSUMG 488:6230
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Saurornitholestes sp.1 Sues 1978 maniraptoran
Saurornitholestes cf. langstoni Sues 1978 maniraptoran
LSUMG 488:5659
Richardoestesia isosceles1 Sankey 2001 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet.2 Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
LSUMG 488:5483
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
"Goniopholidae indet." = Goniopholididae1
"Goniopholidae indet." = Goniopholididae1 Cope 1875 crocodilian
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.1 crocodilian
[entered as Crocodylian indet.]
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Brachychampsa sp.1 Gilmore 1911 crocodilian
 Squamata -
Mammalia
  -
Mammalia indet.1 Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet.1 Cope 1884 multituberculate
 Marsupialia -
Marsupialia indet.1 Illiger 1811 marsupial
Actinopteri
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Phyllodontidae indet.1 Sauvage 1875
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.1 Cuvier 1825 gar
Lepisosteus sp.1 Agassiz 1843 gar
LSUMG 488:5521
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet.1 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatidae indet.1 Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus1 Roemer 1852 goblin shark
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
"Lissodus selachos" = Lonchidion selachos1
"Lissodus selachos" = Lonchidion selachos1 Estes 1964 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp.1 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch