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SMU locality 331, Erath County, Texas, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	32.2333,-98.2333
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on political unit
Given Location	Texas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Erath County, Texas, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
SMU locality 331	Rogers, II J. V. (2003)	Glen Rose		"limestone"	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Asciocythere sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Schulerideidae : *Asciocythere*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Albulidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Albuliformes : Albulidae	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Amiiformes order	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pycnodontidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Pycnodontes	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Batoidea unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Batoidea	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crocodyliformes suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Lisboasaurus : Crocodyliformes	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pachycheilosuchus trinquei species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pachycheilosuchus : *Pachycheilosuchus trinquei*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Leyvachelys cipadi species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Sandownidae : Leyvachelys : *Leyvachelys cipadi*	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Theropoda unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Echinoidea class	Animalia : Echinodermata : Protocidaris : Echinoidea	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ostreidae family	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae	112.03 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Rogers, II J. V. (2000) A complete crocodiloid egg from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Glen Rose Formation, central Texas, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 4, 780-783

Rogers, II J. V. (2003) Pachycheilosuchus trinquei, a new procoelous crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Glen Rose Formation of Texas, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 1, 128-145

Cadena E. (2015) The first South American sandownid turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia, PeerJ 3:e1431, 1-24 doi:10.7717/peerj.1431

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