Tecovas Formation
Tecovas Formation Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic, | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Dockum Group |
Underlies | Trujillo Formation |
Location | |
Region | Crosby County |
Country | ![]() |
The Tecovas Formation is a geological formation in Texas.[1]
Vertebrate fauna[]
Vertebrates of the Tecovas Formation | ||||
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Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
A herrerasaurid similar to Chindesaurus |
![]() Caseosaurus holotype ilium UMMP 8870 | |||
An amniote (a possible cynodont according to Kammerer et al. 2012[2]) |
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An aetosaur belonging to Paratypothoracisini |
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A silesaurid |
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References[]
- ^ a b c Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 518–521. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ Christian F. Kammerer, John J. Flynn, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana and André R. Wyss (2012). "Ontogeny in the Malagasy Traversodontid Dadadon isaloi and a Reconsideration of its Phylogenetic Relationships". Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences. 5: 112–125. doi:10.3158/2158-5520-5.1.112.
- ^ Martz, J. W.; Small, B. J. (2006). "Tecovasuchus chatterjeei, a new aetosaur (Archosauria: Stagonolepididae) from the Tecovas Formation (Carnian, Upper Triassic) of Texas". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (2): 308–320. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[308:tcanaa]2.0.co;2.
- ^ Volkan Sarıgül; Federico Agnolín; Sankar Chatterjee (2018). "Description of a multitaxic bone assemblage from the Upper Triassic Post Quarry of Texas (Dockum group), including a new small basal dinosauriform taxon" (PDF). Historia Natural, Tercera Serie. 8 (1): 5–24.
Categories:
- Carnian Stage
- Triassic geology of Texas