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Trinity - Paluxy - Upper, Texas, USA

GroupTrinity
FormationPaluxy
MemberUpper
Age:113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
IntervalAlbian
Lithologyclaystone
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Kings CreekMontague County, Texas, USATrinity - Paluxy - Upper
Decatur West local faunaWise County, Texas, USATrinity - Paluxy - Upper

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Trinity - Antlers113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
sandstone/claystone, "siliciclastic", "shale"35

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Lioestheria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Branchiopoda : Diplostraca : Lioestheriidae : Lioestheria113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lepidotes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepidotes113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Palaeobalistum rectidens
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Nursallidae : Palaeobalistum : Palaeobalistum rectidens113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Proscincetes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Pycnodontidae : Proscincetes113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Macrepistius sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Macrosemiidae : Macrepistius113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hybodus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Hybodus113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lamna sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Lamna113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hypolophus mcnultyi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Hypolophus : Hypolophus mcnultyi113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Astroconodon denisoni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Triconodontidae : Astroconodon : Astroconodon denisoni113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Tasch P. (1967) Conchostracans from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Paluxy Formation, Texas 41 1, 256-259
Slaughter B. H. (1969) Astroconodon, the Cretaceous Triconodont, Journal of Mammalogy 50 1, 102-107
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
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