Paw Paw Formation
The Paw Paw Formation is a geological formation in Texas whose strata date back to the late Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
| Paw Paw Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Albian ~105–100 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Comanche & Washita Groups |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 32.9°N 97.3°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 30.2°N 59.8°W |
| Region | Texas |
| Country |  |
  Paw Paw Formation (the United States)  Paw Paw Formation (Texas) | |
Fossil content
- Pawpawsaurus campbelli[1] - "Skull."[2]
- Texasetes pleurohalio[1] - "Partial skeleton."[3][4]
- Turrilites
- Scaphites
- Pachyamia
- Feldmannia
- Cretacoranina
- Coloborhynchus
- Uktenadactylus
- Engonoceras sp.[5]
- Pseudohypolophus sp.
- Squalicorax sp.
- Leptostyrax macrorhiza
- Paraisurus compressus
- Cretolamna appendiculata
- Testudines indet.
- Nodosauridae indet.[1]
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 553-556. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 365.
- "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 367.
- Coombs, 1995
- Paw Paw Formation
Bibliography
- W. P. Coombs. 1995. A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(2):298-312
- L. L. Jacobs, D. A. Winkler, P. A. Murry and J. M. Maurice. 1994. A nodosaurid scuteling from the Texas shore of the Western Interior Seaway. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies 337-346
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