Walker's Tank, TMM 41966: Norian, Texas
collected by R. C. Hussey, E. Case 1925

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Chinlea sorenseni Schaeffer 1967
Murry 1986 1 specimen
Cleithrum
Dipnomorpha - Arganodontidae
Ceratodus crosbiensis n. sp. Warthin 1928
1 specimen
synonym of Arganodus dorotheae
UMMP 9634
unclassified
Colognathus obscurus (Case 1928)
Long and Murry 1995
Reptilia
Trilophosaurus buettneri n. gen., n. sp. Case 1928
Case 1928 1 specimen
UMMP 2338, dentary fragment
Stagonolepis wellesi (Long and Ballew 1985)
Long and Murry 1995 1 specimen
original and current combination Calyptosuchus wellesi
UMMP 10188, plate
Desmatosuchus haplocerus (Cope 1892)
Long and Murry 1995 3 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Aetosauria
UMMP 16149, scapula, 16147, cervicals. TTUP 9223, paramedian plate.
Reptilia - Trilophosauridae
Spinosuchus caseanus Huene 1932
Spielmann et al. 2013
YPM 6592, two neural spines
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Buettneria perfecta Case 1922
Long and Murry 1995 1 specimen
synonym of Anaschisma browni
UMMP 1410, clavicle and interclavicle
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Crosby
Coordinates: 33.4° North, 101.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.1° North, 41.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Dockum Formation:Tecovas
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UMMP
Collectors:R. C. Hussey, E. Case Collection dates:1925
Metadata
Also known as:Trilophosaurus holotype, Red Tank, Walkers Tank
Database number:94493
Authorizer:R. Butler, A. Dunhill Enterer:R. Butler, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-02-23 06:18:02 Last modified:2015-08-28 14:56:11
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-23 06:18:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34360.ETE A. S. Warthin. 1928. Fossil fishes from the Triassic of Texas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 3(2):15-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

43383 E. C. Case. 1928. Indications of a cotylosaur and of a new form of fish from the Triassic Beds of Texas, with remarks on the Shinarump conglomerate. Contributions of the Museum of Paleontology of the University of Michigan 3:1-14 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
32141 A. B. Heckert, S. G. Lucas, L. F. Rinehart, J. A. Spielmann, A. P. Hunt and R. Kahle. 2006. Revision of the archosauromorph reptile Trilophosaurus, with a description of the first skull of Trilophosaurus jacobsi, from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, West Texas, USA. Palaeontology 49(3):621-640 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
14122ETE R. A. Long and P. A. Murry. 1995. Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) Tetrapods from the Southwestern United States. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4:1-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner]
13249ETE 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]
67036 J. A. Spielmann, S. G. Lucas, and P. Huber. 2013. New record of Spinosuchus caseanus (Archosauromorpha: Trilophosauridae) from the Late Triassic (Adamanian) of West Texas. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 61:573-576 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]