vicinity of Austin (PROXY): Cenomanian - Turonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Pliosauridae
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Brachauchenius lucasi
Williston 1903
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 2361 (skull, first 18 vertebrae, partial forelimb) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Travis |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° North, 97.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.6° North, 64.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian - Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Eagle Ford |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 105655 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-23 07:59:54 | Last modified: | 2012-02-01 10:43:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-23 07:59:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35279. | S. W. Williston. 1903. On the structure of the plesiosaurian skull. Science 17(442):980 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 34117 | K. Carpenter. 1996. A review of short-necked plesiosaurs of the Western Interior, North America. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 201(2):259-287 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |