Texasetes

Coombs, 1995 tek-sa-SEE-teez

Named after Texas, the US state where it was found, combined with Latin -etes, "resident" or "inhabitant" — means "Texas resident"

113.2–100.5 million years ago Albian, Early Cretaceous

Early Cretaceous stages

Texasetes is a genus of ankylosaurian dinosaurs from the late Lower Cretaceous of North America. This poorly known genus has been recovered from the Paw Paw Formation (late Albian) near Haslet, Tarrant County, Texas, which has also produced the nodosaurid ankylosaur Pawpawsaurus.

Diagnosis

Prong-like scapular spine directed toward innermost point of glenoid fossa
Small prespinous fossa developed anterior to scapular spine confluence
Splint-like lesser trochanter retained on femur
Scapular spine continuing line of anterior margin of blade, directed at glenoid inner limit

Species

Texasetes pleurohalio Coombs, 1995

Type species

From Greek 'pleuro-' meaning 'side' and 'hals' meaning 'sea', referring to the interpretation that the individual died near the sea and was buried in marine sediments.

Holotype: USNM 337987 , National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Material: Partial skeleton including vertebrae, scapulocoracoids, iliac acetabular regions, limb bones, and armor fragments.
Horizon: Paw Paw Formation, Albian, Early Cretaceous , 113.2–100.5 million years ago
Locality: 5 miles south of Haslet, within the limits of the town of Blue Mound, north of Fort Worth, Texas, United States

References

Coombs, W. P. (1995). A Nodosaurid Ankylosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(2): 298-312. Informa UK Limited. doi:10.1080/02724634.1995.10011231 coombs1995a