TMM 45603, Gano Spring: Maastrichtian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Kritosaurus sp.
Brown 1910
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| TMM 45603-1, 2 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brewster |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.1° North, 82.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Javelina |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic,concretionary calcareous mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "mudstone bed with calcareous pedogenic concretions" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Big Bend | ||
| Database number: | 187093 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-07-13 16:48:40 | Last modified: | 2021-02-17 12:52:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-07-13 16:48:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62764. | T. M. Lehman, S. L. Wick, and J. R. Wagner. 2016. Hadrosaurian dinosaurs from the Maastrichtian Javelina Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 90(2):333-356 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |