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Cretaceous vertebrate life of Texas included amphibians, birds, dinosaurs, fish, and reptiles. [4] Almost a quarter of Texas is covered by Cretaceous rocks and are a good source of fossils. [6] Most of Texas was submerged under the Western Interior Seaway during the Cretaceous. [12]
Life restoration of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Cimoliopterus (left) stealing fish from another pterosaur †Cimoliopterus †Cimoliopterus dunni – type locality for species †Cimolodon †Cimolodon electus – or unidentified comparable form †Cimolomys †Cimolomys clarki †Clevosaurus – or unidentified comparable form †Clidastes
List of the Mesozoic life of Texas. Appearance. This list of the Mesozoic life of Texas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Texas and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.
Paleogene. Canyon Group / Caddo Creek Formation. Carboniferous. Canyon Group / Graford Formation. Carboniferous. Canyon Group / Palo Pinto Formation. Carboniferous. Canyon Group / Winchell Formation. Carboniferous.
The Cretaceous (IPA: / krɪˈteɪʃəs / krih-TAY-shəss) [2] is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic. The name is derived from the Latin ...
Washita Group. Location. Region. Texas. Country. United States. The Duck Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.
The Javelina Formation is a geological formation in Texas. Dating has shown that the strata date to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous, approximately 70 to 66.5 million years old. [1] The middle part of the formation has been dated to about 69 million years ago plus or minus 1 million years and the top situated near the Cretaceous ...
The Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma are a group of Early Permian -age geologic strata in the southwestern United States cropping out in north-central Texas and south-central Oklahoma. They comprise several stratigraphic groups, including the Clear Fork Group, the Wichita Group, and the Pease River Group. [1] The Red Beds were first explored by ...