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WPA Quarry L1, Brewster County, Texas, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)29.1381,-103.197
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationTexas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Brewster County, Texas, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
WPA Quarry L1, Talley MountainLehman T. M. (1982)Aguja - Upper Shalelower part of membermudstone83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Amiidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Amiidae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Agujaceratops mariscalensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ceratopsidae : Agujaceratops : Agujaceratops mariscalensis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hadrosaurinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauridae : Hadrosaurinae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Kritosaurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Hadrosauridae : Kritosaurus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lambeosaurinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Hadrosauridae : Lambeosaurinae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pachycephalosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Pachycephalosauridae83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Chirostenotes sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Caenagnathidae : Chirostenotes83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Carnosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Carnosauria83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Lehman T. M. (1982) A ceratopsian bone bed from the Aguja Formation (Upper Cretaceous) Big Bend National Park, Texas, Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin.
Davies K. L. (1983) , Hadrosaurian Dinosaurs of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, viii-235
Longrich N. R., Sankey J., et al (2010) Texacephale langstoni, a new genus of pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation, southern Texas, USA, Cretaceous Research 31, 274-284 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.12.002
Longrich N. R., Barnes K., et al (2013) Caenagnathidae from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation of west Texas, and a revision of the Caenagnathinae, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54 1, 23-49 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3374/014.054.0102
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