Paw Paw Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Albian
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TypeGeological formation
Unit ofComanche & Washita Groups
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone
Location
Coordinates32°54′N 97°18′W / 32.9°N 97.3°W / 32.9; -97.3
Approximate paleocoordinates30°12′N 59°48′W / 30.2°N 59.8°W / 30.2; -59.8
RegionTexas
Country United States
Paw Paw Formation is located in the United States
Paw Paw Formation
Paw Paw Formation (the United States)
Paw Paw Formation is located in Texas
Paw Paw Formation
Paw Paw Formation (Texas)

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. Paw Paw Formation
  3. "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 365.
  4. "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 367.
  5. Coombs, 1995
  6. Rodrigues, Taissa; Kellner, Alexander W.A. (2008-12-31). "Review of the pterodactyloid pterosaur Coloborhynchus" (PDF). Zitteliana. B28: 219–228.

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
  • 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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