Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Superfamily: Mosasauroidea
Family: Mosasauridae 
(mosasaur)

The family Mosasauridae contains the subfamilies:  Halisaurinae, Mosasaurinae, Plioplatecarpinae, and Tylosaurinae
Plioplatecarpus sp. vertebrae 
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Formation: Marlbrook
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Arkansas
same (bottom view)
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Formation: Marlbrook
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Arkansas
same (left vertebra only, bottom view)
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Formation: Marlbrook
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Arkansas
same (back view) 

Formation: Marlbrook
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Arkansas
same (front view) 

Formation: Marlbrook
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Arkansas
same (side view) 

Formation: Marlbrook
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Arkansas
Tylosaurus  "Heath Mosasaur" 
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Formation: Ozan?
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Lake Ray Hubbard, Rockwall Co., Tx.
Tylosaurus proriger (cast)

Formation: ?
Period: Cretaceous
Loc
Platycarpus (mosasaur)

Formation: ??
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Dallas co., Tx.  Dallas Museum NH
Platycarpus (mosasaur) vertebra
 
Formation: Ozan
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: NSR, Delta co., Tx.
same

Formation: Ozan
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: NSR, Delta co., Tx.
miscellaneous bones

Formation: Ozan?
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: NSR, Fannin co., Tx.  Nov. 12, 2005.
Russellosaurus coheni jaw (new basal mosasaurid)

Formation: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Dallas co., Tx.
[Found by Mark C, SMU collection]
Russellosaurus? jaw section
[+]
Formation: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Dallas co., Tx. Sep. 2011
[Found by Kerry K]
 


Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
(ichthyosaur)

Platypterygius sp. Ichthyosaur vertebra 

Formation: Mainstreet
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. June 20, 2010.
[Found by Roz M]
Platypterygius sp. Ichthyosaur vertebra (same)

Formation: Mainstreet
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. June 20, 2010.
[Found by Roz M]
Platypterygius sp. Ichthyosaur tooth

Formation: Kiamichi
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. May 28, 2011.
Platypterygius sp. Ichthyosaur tooth [same]

Formation: Kiamichi
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. May 28, 2011.

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Order: Plesiosauria
Suborder: Plesiosaur
(plesiosaur)

A plesiosaur vertebra

Formation: Ozan
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Fannin co., Tx.
[Found by Roz M]
A plesiosaur vertebra (same)

Formation: Ozan
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Fannin co., Tx.
[Found by Roz M]
A plesiosaur tooth??

Form: Eagle Ford (Britton shale) 
Period: Cretaceous (c. 100 mya)
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx.
Plesiosaur vertebrae

Formation: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Denton co., Tx.
(SMU collection)
Plesiosaur vertebrae

Formation: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Denton co., Tx.
(SMU collection)
 
Libonectes morgani skull

Formation: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Cedar Hill, Tx.
(Found by T.W. Tidwell, SMU Coll.)
Libonectes morgani skull

Formation: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Cedar Hill, Tx.
(SMU collection)
Libonectes morgani mandible

Formation: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Cedar Hill, Tx.
(SMU collection)

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: ?

Coniasaurus  vertebrae

Formation: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous (c. 94 mya)
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. 2006.
Coniasaurus jaw

Formation: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous (c. 94 mya)
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx.
[Found by Phil S, SMU collection]

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
(turtles)

turtle limb bone

Formation: Marlbrook
Period: Cretaceous 
(upper Campanian, 70-72 mya)
Loc: Arkansas  [Found by Roz M]
turtle limb bone

Formation: Eagle Ford (Britton shale)
Period: Cretaceous (c. 94 mya)
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx.
Ctenochelys (Toxochelys) skull
[+]
Formation: Marlbrook
Period: Cretaceous 
(upper Campanian, 70-72 mya)
Loc: Arkansas
turtle shell

Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. Sep. 9, 2012.
turtle shell  (side view)

Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. Sep. 9, 2012.
 

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Branch: Crocodylomorpha?
Family: Goniopholididae?
(crocodiles)

Two crocodile teeth

Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. Sep. 9, 2012.
[Found by Brad C]
A crocodile osteoderm (  "scute" )
 
Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Denton co., Tx. Feb. 2013.
[Brad C. coll.]
Lee, Yuong–Nam (1997). "The Archosauria from the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian) in Texas". Journal of Paleontology 71 (6): 1147–1156.


Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Cerapoda

Tenontosaurus dossi 
[+]
Formation: Antlers
Period: Cretaceous (113-120 mya)
Loc: Wise co, Tx.
A herbivorous "Hypsilophodontid" dinosaur
[+]
Formation: Twin Mountains
Period: Cretaceous (113-120 mya)
Loc: Comanche co., Tx.


Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Order: Ornithischia
Infraorder: Ankylosauria
Family: Nodosauridae
(ankylosaur)

Pawpawsaurus campbelli (cast of skull)

Formation: Pawpaw
Period: Cretaceous (97-98 mya)
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx.
Perot Museum, Dallas
A nodosaurid (Ankylosaur ?) tooth

Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. Sep. 9, 2012.
[Brad C. coll.]
 
Lee, Y.-N. (1996). A new nodosaurid ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Paw Paw Formation (Late Albian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16:232-345



Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Superfamily: Hadrosauroidea
(hadrosaur)

Protohadros byrdi tooth

Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous (c. 94 mya)
Loc: Denton co., Tx.
(SMU collection)
Protohadros byrdi jaw

Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous (c. 94 mya)
Loc: Denton co., Tx.
(SMU collection)
Protohadros byrdi skull pieces

Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous (c. 94 mya)
Loc: Denton co., Tx.
(SMU collection)
A hadrosaur tooth (tip)

Formation
: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. Sep. 9, 2012.
A dinosaur vertebra
[+]
Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Denton co., Tx. 2013.
[Brad C. coll.]
A dinosaur vertebra (same)
[+]
Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Denton co., Tx. 2013.
[Brad C. coll.]
Head J., 1998, "A new species of basal hadrosaurid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Cenomanian of Texas", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 (4); 718 - 738 (1998).

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia
Order: Saurischia
(theropod dinosaurs)

Unknown theropod dinosaur tooth

Formation: Woodbine
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Tarrant co., Tx. Sep. 9, 2012.
 


Dinosaur tracks:

Theropod dinosaur track

Formation: Glen Rose
Period: Cretaceous 
Loc: Somervell co., Tx. Jan. 24, 2010.
For many more pictures of the new Glen Rose dinosaur track site go to these pages:

Jan. 13, 2010

Jan. 24, 2010