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Boquillas - San Vicente, Brewster County, Texas, USA

FormationBoquillas
MemberSan Vicente
Age:89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalLate Coniacian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences3

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Big Bend National ParkBrewster County, Texas, USABoquillas - San Vicente

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Boquillas - Ernst93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
limestone4
Javelina70.6 - 2.59 Ma
Phanerozoic
mudstone, siltstone, siltstone/claystone, claystone, conglomerate, sandstone21

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Platecarpus planifrons
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Platecarpus : Platecarpus planifrons89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tylosaurus kansasensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Tylosaurus : Tylosaurus kansasensis89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Tylosaurus nepaeolicus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Tylosaurus : Tylosaurus nepaeolicus89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Bell Jr. G. L., Barnes K. R., et al (2013) Late Cretaceous mosasauroids (Reptilia, Squamata) of the Big bend region in Texas, USA, Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103, 1-11
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