Chalk Hill Road: Turonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Polyptychodon hudsoni n. sp.
Welles and Slaughter 1963
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Dallas |
| Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 96.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.9° North, 63.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Eagle Ford | Formation: | Arcadia Park |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 57763 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-12-21 08:47:23 | Last modified: | 2021-07-01 20:03:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-12-21 08:47:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15530. | S. P. Welles and B. H. Slaughter. 1963. The first record of the plesiosaurian genus Polyptychodon (Pliosauridae) from the New World. Journal of Paleontology 37(1):131-133 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |