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Brazos Point local fauna, Bosque County, Texas, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	32.1508,-97.5811
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Texas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Bosque County, Texas, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Brazos Point local fauna	Thurmond J. T. (1971)	Fredricksburg - Walnut		not reported	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Lepidotes sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : *Lepidotes*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Palaeobalistum rectidens species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Nursallidae : Palaeobalistum : *Palaeobalistum rectidens*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Macrepistius sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Macrosemiidae : *Macrepistius*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hybodus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : *Hybodus*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Plicatolamna arcuata species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Cretoxyrhinidae : Plicatolamna : *Plicatolamna arcuata*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lamna sulcata species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Lamna : *Lamna sulcata*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hypolophus mcnultyi species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Hypolophus : *Hypolophus mcnultyi*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Onchopristis dunklei species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Rhinopristiformes : Pristidae : Onchopristis : *Onchopristis dunklei*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Thurmond J. T. (1971) Cartilaginous fishes of the Trinity Group and related rocks (Lower Cretaceous) of north central Texas, Southeastern Geology 13, 207-227

Thurmond J. T. (1974) Lower vertebrate faunas of the Trinity Division on north-central Texas, Aspects of Trinity Division Geology. A Symposium on the Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Environments, and Fauna of the Comanche Cretaceous Trinity Division (Aptian and Albian) of Texas and Northern Mexico. Geoscience and Man 8, 103-129

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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