USGS 768, Austin: Coniacian, Texas
collected by T.W. Stanton
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
- Cassidulidae
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Echinobrissus texanus n. sp.
Clark 1891
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recombined as Nucleopygus texanus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Travis |
Coordinates: | 30.3° North, 97.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.0° North, 66.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Coniacian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Coniacian | ||
Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Austin Chalk | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: probably lower part of Austin Chalk |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | chalk |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Collectors: | T.W. Stanton |
Metadata
Database number: | 78119 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-01-29 00:21:17 | Last modified: | 2018-10-21 19:37:10 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-29 00:21:17 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26335. | 1% 20600 | C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham] |