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Isocrinus annulatus (Roemer, 1836)

 

Remarks

  • Collector:     Dan Woehr

  • Formation:   Trinity Group, Glen Rose Formation

  • Location:      Comal County, Texas

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1836 Pentacrinites annulatus Roemer

  • 1840 Pentacrinites annulatus Roemer; Roemer

  • 1850 Pentacrinites annulatus Roemer; d'Orbigny

  • 1852 Pentacrinites annulatus Roemer; Quenstedt

  • 1855 Does not = Pentacrinus annulatus (Roemer); Giebel

  • 1875 Pentacrinus annulatus (Roemer); Quenstedt

  • 1885 Pentacrinus annulatus (Roemer); Quenstedt

  • 1904 Pentacrinus alternans Loriol

  • 1961 Isocrinus annulatus (Roemer); Rasmussen

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Trinity Group, Glen Rose Limestone of south-central Texas

  • Late Neocomian rocks of Germany

 

Age

  • Isocrinus annulatus (Roemer) ranges from the Hauterivian Stage to the Early Albian Stage (~126-112 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (by no means an all-inclusive list)

  • Comal County, Texas

  • Germany

 

Remarks

 

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Rasmussen, H. W.  1961.  A Monograph of the Cretaceous Crinoidea.  Biologiske Skrifter udgivet af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 12(1), 88-89; plate 9, fig's 5-10.

 

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