189 Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy (Posters)

Tuesday, 21 October 2025
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, Hall 1

A Look into the Relationship Between Late Triassic Vertebrate Fossil Assemblage and the Sedimentary Environments of the Dockum Group in the Texas Panhandle

Paper number: 189-8
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 8:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Authors

Abstract

The Dockum Group is of palaeontologic and sedimentary significance due to the fossils and sedimentary structures preserved in it. The units contain a vast variety of Late Triassic vertebrates ranging from aquatic and amphibian to early mammals and dinosaurs, and in addition the Dockum Group contains preserved upper flow regime structures. Early result from initial samples collected from an outcrop of a preserved lake has yielded potential bone fragments and teeth. The opportunity to study how upper flow regimes and fossil assemblages are related to preservation makes the Dockum group a unique study area.

 

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 57, No. 6

doi: 10.1130/abs/2025AM-413394

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