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1.5 miles south of Wax Works , Brewster County, Texas, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)29.1566,-103.156
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationTexas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Brewster County, Texas, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
1.5 miles south of Wax Works (AMNH)Coombs W. P. (1978)Agujanot reported72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
3 miles east of ChisosDatabase A. M. N. H (2015)Aguja"Rattlesnake Beds"not reported72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ceratopsidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Ceratopsidae72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Panoplosaurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Nodosauridae : Panoplosaurus72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylia
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dinosauria
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Testudinata
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Protochelys : Testudinata72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Coombs W. P. (1978) The families of the ornithischian dinosaur order Ankylosauria, Palaeontology 21 1, 143-170
Database A. M. N. H (2015)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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