Big Bend: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Texas
collected by Lawson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Azhdarchidae
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Pterosauria indet.
(Kaup 1834)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Single large individual | ||||||||||
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= Quetzalcoatlus northropi n. gen., n. sp.
Lawson 1975
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Lawson 1975 | pterosaur |
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brewster |
| Coordinates: | 29.3° North, 103.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 82.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 70.6 - 65.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: "braided stream" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Collectors: | Lawson |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Quetzalcoatlus holotype site | ||
| Database number: | 92251 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-04 07:02:13 | Last modified: | 2009-11-04 09:02:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-04 07:02:13 |
Reference information