Roy Lamb Ranch: Carnian - Norian, Texas
collected by Stovall, Price 1931

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Parasuchidae
Angistorhinus alticephalus n. sp. Stovall and Wharton 1936
1 individual
OMNH 733, skull and dorsal vertebrae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 101.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.7° North, 40.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Carnian - Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 3 - Triassic 4
Key time interval: Carnian - Norian
Age range of interval: 237 - 208.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Dockum Formation:Colorado City
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "pre-Tecovas horizon"; now referred to as Colorado City Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gypsiferous,brown,red claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Stovall, Price Collection dates:1931
Collection method comments: OMNH, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Metadata
Database number:135695
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-11-02 20:41:40 Last modified:2022-07-15 11:11:11
Access level:the public Released:2012-11-02 20:41:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43404. J. W. Stovall and J. B. Wharton Jr. 1936. A new species of phytosaur from Big Spring, Texas. Journal of Geology 44(2):183-192 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

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]