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The Archosauria from the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian) in Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Yuong-Nam Lee
Yuong-Nam Lee*
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Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong, Sudaemoon-ku, Seoul 120-749, South Korea
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Abstract

The archosaur fauna from the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian), Tarrant County, Texas includes crocodiles, theropod, nodosaurid, and hadrosaurid dinosaurs. A new neosuchian crocodile, Woodbinesuchus byersmauricei new genus and species, appears to be a longirostrine goniopholid. Isolated theropod teeth include morphotypes similar to Richardoestesia. Nodosaurid premaxillary teeth are unique among early nodosaurids in having no marginal cusps. Hadrosaurid remains represent the oldest hadrosaurs east of the Western Interior Seaway.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 71 , Issue 6 , November 1997 , pp. 1147 - 1156
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