TMM 42304, Coal Mine Ranch: Maastrichtian, Texas
collected by Wilson & Langston 1960
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
|
||||||||||
|
? Torosaurus sp.
Marsh 1891
|
1 individual | |||||||||
| TMM 42304-1 | ||||||||||
|
= Chasmosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1915
|
Lehman 1996 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Presidio |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° North, 104.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.5° North, 83.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | El Picacho | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Specimens from lower part of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | preferred |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | TMM | ||
| Collectors: | Wilson & Langston | Collection dates: | 1960s |
Metadata
| Also known as: | San Carlos Creek | ||
| Database number: | 52056 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-15 14:44:23 | Last modified: | 2023-08-04 14:13:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-15 14:44:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 85562. | T. M. Lehman. 1985. Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleontology of Upper Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) Sedimentary Rocks in Trans-Pecos Texas xiv-299 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13944 | ETE | T. M. Lehman. 1996. A horned dinosaur from the El Picacho Formation of West Texas, and review of ceratopsian dinosaurs from the American Southwest. Journal of Paleontology 70(3):494-508 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |