Brunson Ranch, Cedar Mountain: Carnian - Norian, Texas
collected by WPA 1940–1941

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
? Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia - Coelophysidae
Coelophysis sp. Cope 1889
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Phytosauria indet. (Jaeger 1828)
2 specimens
    = Leptosuchus crosbiensis Case 1922
Long and Murry 1995
TMM 31173-120, 121, skulls
Reptilia
Desmatosuchus sp. Case 1920
20 specimens
    = Desmatosuchus haplocerus Cope 1892
Long and Murry 1995
nomen dubium belonging to Aetosauria
TMM 31173-1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 38, 43, 51, 54, 56, 59, 65, 124, 128, 130, 131, postcrania
Stagonolepis wellesi (Long and Ballew 1985)
Long and Murry 1995 1 specimen
original and current combination Calyptosuchus wellesi
TMM 31173-46, vertebra
Thecodontia indet. Owen 1859
5 specimens
"indeterminate thecodont"
    = Poposaurus gracilis Mehl 1915
Long and Murry 1995
TMM 31173-30, 49, 53, 69, 73, postcrania
unclassified
Xenognathus sp. Case 1928
Sellards 1941
replaced by Colognathus
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Buettneria sp. Case 1922
TMM 31173-23
    = Buettneria ? perfecta Case 1922
Sawin 1944
synonym of Anaschisma browni
unclassified
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Crosby
Coordinates: 33.6° North, 101.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.3° North, 39.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Key time interval:Carnian - Norian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Dockum Formation:Tecovas
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:TMM
Collectors:WPA Collection dates:1940–1941
Metadata
Also known as:TMM Site 2, TMM 31173, WPA, Work Project No. 15995
Database number:98596
Authorizer:R. Butler, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Butler, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-10-13 06:23:28 Last modified:2020-01-13 14:53:25
Access level:the public Released:2010-10-13 06:23:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

71464. Anonymous. 1940. The sixth quarterly report covering the quarter ending September 30, 1940 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

71466 Anonymous. 1940. The seventh quarterly report covering the quarter ending December 31, 1940 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71467 Anonymous. 1941. The eighth quarterly report covering the quarter ending March 31, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71468 Anonymous. 1941. The ninth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
37120 H. J. Sawin. 1944. Amphibians from the Dockum Triassic of Howard County, Texas. Contributions to Geology, The University of Texas 4401:361-399 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71494 E. H. Sellards. 1941. Final report covering the period from March 4, 1939 ro September 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project iii-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]