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Boquillas - San Vicente, Brewster County, Texas, USA
Formation | Boquillas |
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Member | San Vicente |
Age: | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Coniacian |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 3 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Big Bend National Park | Brewster County, Texas, USA | Boquillas - San Vicente |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Boquillas - Ernst | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | limestone | 4 |
Javelina | 70.6 - 2.59 Ma Phanerozoic | mudstone, siltstone, siltstone/claystone, claystone, conglomerate, sandstone | 21 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Platecarpus planifrons species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Platecarpus : Platecarpus planifrons | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Tylosaurus kansasensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Tylosaurus : Tylosaurus kansasensis | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Tylosaurus nepaeolicus species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Tylosaurus : Tylosaurus nepaeolicus | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
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!