LSUMG 492, Talley Mountain: Middle Campanian - Late Campanian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Sankey 2008
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Sankey 2008
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Sankey 2008
Marsupialia indet. Illiger 1811
Sankey 2008
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Alphadon sp. Simpson 1927
Sankey and Gose 2001 1 specimen
LSUMG 492:6252
    = Alphadon cf. halleyi Sahni 1972
Sankey et al. 2005
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia isosceles Sankey 2001
1 specimen
LSUMG 492:6264
Saurornitholestes cf. langstoni Sues 1978
1 specimen
LSUMG 492:5158
Reptilia - Ornithischia
Ornithischia indet. Seeley 1888
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Sankey 2008
Reptilia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888
1 specimen
LSUMG 492:5581
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Sankey 2008
[entered as Crocodylian indet.]
Reptilia
Brachychampsa sp. Gilmore 1911
Sankey 2008
Reptilia - Chamopsiidae
Peneteius sp. Estes 1969
Nydam et al. 2007 1 specimen
LSUMG 492:6253
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Sankey 2008
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Squatirhina sp. Casier 1947
Sankey 2008
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894
Sankey 2008
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lissodus selachos (Estes 1964)
Sankey 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Brewster
Coordinates: 29.1° North, 103.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 76.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 7
Key time interval: Middle Campanian - Late Campanian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 72.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aguja Member:Upper Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:paleosol/pedogenic,intraclastic sandy conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "carbonate-cemented, pedogenic-nodule, sandstone conglomerates containing numerous clasts of clay, pedogenic nodules..."
Environment:channel lag
Geology comments: "lag deposits from the base of fluvial channels"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:VL-492
Database number:68006
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Bell Enterer:M. Carrano, M. Bell
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Subset of collection #:14488
Created:2006-12-21 08:35:03 Last modified:2022-02-24 04:47:40
Access level:the public Released:2006-12-21 08:35:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

24301ETE R. L. Nydam, J. G. Eaton, and J. T. Sankey. 2007. New taxa of transversely-toothed lizards (Squamata: Scincomorpha) and new information on the evolutionary history of "teiids". Journal of Paleontology 81(3):538-549 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46717 J. T. Sankey. 2008. Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA. In J. T. Sankey, S. Baszio (eds.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 61-77 [M. Bell/M. Bell/M. Carrano]
18377ETE J. T. Sankey and W. Gose. 2001. Late Cretaceous mammals and magnetostratigraphy, Big Bend, Texas. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 77:1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19433ETE J. T. Sankey, B. R. Standhardt, and J. A. Schiebout. 2005. Theropod teeth from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Big Bed National Park, Texas. In K. Carpenter (ed.), The Carnivorous Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 127-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]