WPA Quarry L3 (TMM): Judithian, Texas
collected by W. Strain & WPA 1938–1939
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Davies 1983 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| UTEP P.37.7.246, 248 | ||||||||||
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Kritosaurus sp.
Brown 1910
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Davies 1983 | 60 specimens | ||||||||
| UTEP P.37.7.003-004, 219-245, 247, 259-276, 284, 377 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Chasmosaurus mariscalensis n. sp.
Lehman 1989
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Lehman 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| recombined as Agujaceratops mariscalensis | ||||||||||
| UTEP P.37.3.086 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brewster |
| Coordinates: | 29.1° North, 103.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 76.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Judithian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Aguja |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray carbonaceous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "carbonaceous gray claystone" | |
| Environment: | interdistributary bay |
| Geology comments: "deltaic interdistributary marshes" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | TMM | ||
| Collectors: | W. Strain & WPA | Collection dates: | 1938–1939 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Glenn Spring | ||
| Database number: | 48941 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-04 14:15:23 | Last modified: | 2019-04-04 14:41:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-04 14:15:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 68428. | J. A. Wilson. 1967. Early Tertiary mammals. In R. A. Maxwell, J. T. Lonsdale, R. T. Hazzard, & J. A. Wilson (eds.), Geology of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. The University of Texas Publication 6711:157-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 63793 | K. L. Davies. 1983. Hadrosaurian Dinosaurs of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. viii-235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] | |
| 14107 | ETE | T. M. Lehman. 1989. Chasmosaurus mariscalensis, sp. nov., a new ceratopsian dinosaur from Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(2):137-162 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 48987 | T. M. Lehman. 2007. Growth and population age structure in the horned dinosaur Chasmosaurus. In K. Carpenter (ed.), Horns and Beaks: Ceratopsian and Ornithischian Dinosaurs 259-317 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 68445 | R. A. Maxwell and R. T. Hazzard. 1967. Stratigraphy. In R. A. Maxwell, J. T. Lonsdale, R. T. Hazzard, & J. A. Wilson (eds.), Geology of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. The University of Texas Publication 6711:23-156 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |