Terlingua: Judithian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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"wood, coal, amber" | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lissodus selachos
(Estes 1964)
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodontidae indet.
(Agassiz 1834)
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Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Chondrichthyes
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Batomorphii indet.
Cappetta 1980
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza avonicola
Estes 1964
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Onchopristis dunklei
McNulty and Slaughter 1962
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Ptychotrygonidae
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Ptychotrygon sp.
Jaekel 1894
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus sp.
Woodward 1889
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Orectolobidae
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Squatirhina americana
Estes 1964
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpeton sp.
Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
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8 specimens | |||||||||
TMM 43057-257, 249-251, 253-255, 258 | ||||||||||
= Albanerpetontidae indet.
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Gardner 2000 | |||||||||
Albanerpeton gracilis
Gardner 2000
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Gardner 2000 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
OMNH 60242, 25349, 60325 | ||||||||||
Albanerpeton nexuosus
Estes 1981
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Gardner 2000 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
OMNH 25345, 60238-60241, 25235, 25238, 60243-60244 | ||||||||||
Albanerpeton nexuosum
(Estes 1981)
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Anura informal indet. 1
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Gardner et al. 2016 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
OMNH 25243*, TMM 43057-256*, maxillae | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Urodela indet.
(Duméril 1805)
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Scapherpetontidae indet.
(Auffenberg and Goin 1959)
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Mammalia
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Tribotheria indet.
Butler 1978
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see also Cifelli 1994 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Zhelestidae
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Gallolestes sp.
Lillegraven 1976
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= Gallolestes agujaensis n. sp.
Cifelli 1994
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Cifelli 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Alphadontidae
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Alphadon cf. halleyi
Sahni 1972
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Cifelli 1994 | |||||||||
includes "A. cf. sahnii" Cifelli 1994, which replaced "A. cf. wilsoni" (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Alphadon perexiguus n. sp.
Cifelli 1994
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Cifelli 1994 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Turgidodon sp.
Cifelli 1990
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= Turgidodon cf. lillegraveni
Cifelli 1990
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Cifelli 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Paleomolops langstoni n. sp.
Cifelli 1994
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Cifelli 1994 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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said to be a new genus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolomyidae
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Cimolomys clarki
Sahni 1972
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Meniscoessus sp.
Cope 1882
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two forms, one probably new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon sp.
Marsh 1889
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Cimolodon cf. electus
Fox 1971
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Neoplagiaulacidae indet.
Ameghino 1890
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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cf. Dromaeosaurus sp.
Matthew and Brown 1922
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= Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Sankey 2001 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Ornithomimidae
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Ornithomimus informal sp. nov.
Marsh 1890
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Longrich et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TMM 43057-424 | ||||||||||
cf. Struthiomimus sp.
Osborn 1916
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Longrich et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
TMM 43057-165 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Dromaeosauridae
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cf. Richardoestesia sp.
Currie et al. 1990
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misspelt "Ricardoestesia" | ||||||||||
= Richardoestesia cf. gilmorei
Currie et al. 1990
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Sankey 2001 | |||||||||
cf. Saurornitholestes sp.
Sues 1978
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= Saurornitholestes cf. langstoni
Sues 1978
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Sankey 2001 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Caenagnathidae
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Leptorhynchos gaddisi
Longrich et al. 2013
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Longrich et al. 2013 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
TMM 43057-36, 354, 357 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Tyrannosauridae
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Tyrannosauridae indet.
Osborn 1906
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2 specimens | |||||||||
TMM 43057-505, caudal vertebra; 43057-142, digit III pedal phalanx | ||||||||||
= Tyrannosaurinae indet.
Matthew and Brown 1922
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Lehman and Wick 2013 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Ankylosauridae
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Ankylosauria indet.
Osborn 1923
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= Ankylosauridae indet.
Brown 1908
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Sankey 2001 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Reptilia
- Pachycephalosauridae
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cf. Troodon sp.
Leidy 1856
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= Pachycephalosauridae indet.
Sternberg 1945
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Sankey 2001 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Goniopholidae indet.
(Cope 1875)
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Reptilia
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Deinosuchus riograndensis
(Colbert and Bird 1954)
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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"Baena" sp.
Leidy 1870
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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"Aspideretes" sp.
Hay 1904
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= Trionychinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Squamata
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Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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"sp. nov. X" and "sp. nov. Y" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Xantusiidae
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Catactegenys solaster n. gen., n. sp.
Nydam et al. 2013
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Nydam et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Holotype: TMM 43057-286, partial right spleniodentary; paratypes: TMM 43057-287, partial right maxilla; TMM 43057-288, partial left spleniodentary; TMM 43057-393, partial left spleniodentary; referred specimens: OMNH 30874, partial left spleniodentary; OMNH 30884, partial spleniodentary; TMM 43057-404, two isolated, unassociated teeth. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Scincidae
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Sauriscus sp.
Estes 1964
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= Scincidae sp.
Gray 1825
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Nydam et al. 2013 | |||||||||
OMNH 30872, partial left dentary; OMNH 30885, partial left dentary; OMNH 25347, partial left maxilla (specimen missing) | ||||||||||
Scincidae indet.
Gray 1825
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"sp. nov. A" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Scincomorpha sp.
(Camp 1923)
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Nydam et al. 2013 | |||||||||
TMM 43057-267, fragment of a right maxilla | ||||||||||
Teiidae indet.
Gray 1827
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"sp. nov. B" | ||||||||||
= Apsgnathus triptodon n. gen., n. sp.
Nydam et al. 2013
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Nydam et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Holotype: TMM 43057-264, partial left dentary. Paratypes - TMM 43057-275, fragment of left dentary; TMM 43057-270, jaw fragment; TMM 43057-402, jaw fragment. Referred Specimen - OMNH 25347, partial left maxilla | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Necrosauridae
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Necrosauridae indet.
Hoffstetter 1943
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Reptilia
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Platynota indet.
Baur 1890
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Nydam et al. 2013 | |||||||||
TMM 43057-332, dorsal vertebra | ||||||||||
cf. Parasaniwa wyomingensis
Gilmore 1928
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Nydam et al. 2013 | |||||||||
OMNH 30882, right dentary fragment; OMNH 30883, dentary fragment; TMM 43057-403, dentary fragment; TMM 43057-266 jaw fragment; TMM 43057-399, jaw fragment | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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OMNH 30888, isolated osteoderm; TMM 43057-607, partial right frontal; TMM 43057-282, isolated osteoderm; TMM 43057-608613, isolated osteoderms | ||||||||||
Glyptosaurinae indet.
Marsh 1872
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Proxestops sp.
Gauthier 1982
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Odaxosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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= Odaxosaurus piger
Gilmore 1928
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Nydam et al. 2013 | |||||||||
OMNH 30877, partial left dentary; TMM43057-61, partial leftmaxilla;TMM43057-278, partial right maxilla; TMM 43057-279, partial right maxilla; TMM 43057-281, partial left dentary. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Xenosauridae
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cf. Xenosauridae sp.
Cope 1866
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Nydam et al. 2013 | |||||||||
TMM 43057-614, osteoderm; TMM 43057-615; TMM 43057-616; OMNH 23035, left maxilla (missing); OMNH 25337, left maxilla (missing) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Restes sp.
Gauthier 1982
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Reptilia
- Serpentes
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Serpentes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiidae indet.
Huxley 1861
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Phyllodontidae indet.
Sauvage 1875
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unclassified
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Teredolites sp.
Leymerie 1842
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shipworm borings | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brewster |
Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 103.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 77.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 | *Epoch: | Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Late/Upper Campanian | *Local age/stage: | Judithian |
Key time interval: | Judithian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 72.1 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Aguja | Member: | Upper Shale | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "microvertebrate-bearing bed is 13 to 18 cm thick" and "within several meters of the top of the underlying Terlingua Creek sandstone member"
ammonites and bivalves support a late Campanian age |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "discontinuous stringers of fine (granule to small pebble) conglomerate separated by thin lenses of fine sandstones and clayey siltstone" | |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Geology comments: "shallow channel with sluggish current... estuarine environment" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,sieve |
Minimum sieve size: | 0.300 |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | TMM |
Taxonomic list comments:"Pediomys cf. krejcii" is indeterminate at the ordinal level: Cifelli 1994 |
Metadata
Also known as: | OMNH V58; TMM 43057 | ||
Database number: | 14489 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, J. Tennant |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-07-14 14:04:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2988. | T. Rowe, R. L. Cifelli, T. M. Lehman and A. Weil. 1992. The Campanian Terlingua local fauna, with a summary of other vertebrates from the Aguja Formation, Trans-Pecos Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(4):472-493 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1211 | R. L. Cifelli. 1994. Therian mammals of the Terlingua local fauna (Judithian), Aguja Formation, Big Bend of the Rio Grande, Texas. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 30(2):117-136 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
42675 | J. D. Gardner. 2000. Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of North America. Geodiversitas 22(3):349-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
65027 | J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
64015 | J. D. Gardner, C. M. Redman, and R. L. Cifelli. 2016. The hopping dead: Late Cretaceous frogs from the middle-late Campanian (Judithian) of western North America. Fossil Imprint 72(1-2):78-107 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
48379 | T. M. Lehman and S. L. Wick. 2013. Tyrannosauroid dinosaurs from the Aguja Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103(3-4):1-15 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
46506 | N. R. Longrich, K. Barnes, S. Clark and L. Millar. 2013. Caenagnathidae from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation of west Texas, and a revision of the Caenagnathinae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(1):23-49 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
48070 | R. L. Nydam, T. B. Rowe, and R. L. Cifelli. 2013. Lizards and snakes of the Terlingua local fauna (Late Campanian), Aguja Formation, Texas, with comments on the distribution of paracontemporaneous squamates throughout the Western Interior of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5):1081-1099 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
11752 | ETE | 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] |