Britton Notopocorystes Assemblage (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Tarrant County, Texas (32.5° N, 97.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 62.7° W)

When: Britton Formation (Eagle Ford Group), Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 89.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; burrowed, concretionary, red, sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace, concretion, original aragonite, original calcite, replaced with calcite, replaced with other

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• - [ ] carapace with chelipeds and P2, Britton Formation, Eagle Ford Group, Cenomanian-Turonian, Dallas County, Texas;

Primary reference: G. A. Bishop, N.A. Brannen, L.E. Hill, J.P. Meyer, A.J. Pike and C. Sampson. 1992. The Britton Notopocorystes Assemblage: An Eagle Ford Decapod Assemblage from the Cretaceous of North-Central Texas. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 102:413-423 [M. Clapham/J. Fearon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234310: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 27.03.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palinuridae
Linuparus grimmeri Stenzel 1945 spiny lobster
Linuparus watkinsi Stenzel 1945 spiny lobster
 Decapoda - Micheleidae
"Upogebia rhacheochir" = Meticonaxius rhacheochir
"Upogebia rhacheochir" = Meticonaxius rhacheochir Stenzel 1945 decapod
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Homarus brittonestris Stenzel 1945 clawed lobster
Homarus davisi Stenzel 1945 clawed lobster
 Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae
 Decapoda - Palaeocorystidae
Ferroranina dichrous Stenzel 1945 crab
 Decapoda - Homolidae
"Homolopsis pikeae" = Latheticocarcinus pikeae
"Homolopsis pikeae" = Latheticocarcinus pikeae Bishop and Brannen 1992 crab
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras scotti" = Moremanoceras scotti
"Desmoceras scotti" = Moremanoceras scotti Moreman 1942 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras cumminsi Cragin 1893 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Metoicoceras geslinianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
"Worthoceras vermiculus" = Worthoceras vermiculum
"Worthoceras vermiculus" = Worthoceras vermiculum Shumard 1860 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Sciponoceras gracile Shumard 1860 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus spp. Sowerby 1814 clam