Lewisville Lake (Lewisville Fm.): Middle Cenomanian - Late Cenomanian, Texas
collected 2013
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| DMNH 2014-06-06, tooth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Denton |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 97.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.5° North, 55.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian - Late Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Woodbine | Formation: | Lewisville |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,ferruginous conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "The exposure contains repeating units of medium-coarse sandstone, finely laminated siltstone with ripple marks, and fossiliferous beds composed of iron-rich, coarse conglomeratic sand " | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "likely represents a near-shore marine environment proximal to an active fluvial system" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 2013 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 224234 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-02-01 13:26:03 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-02-01 13:26:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48139. | C. R. Noto, D. C. D'Amore, S. K. Drumheller and T. L. Adams. 2022. A newly recognized theropod assemblage from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group; Cenomanian) and its implications for understanding Late Cretaceous Appalachian terrestrial ecosystems. PeerJ 10:e12782:1-47 [M. Uhen/A. Bowman/M. Carrano] |