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Phyllobrissus cubensis (Weisbord, 1934)

 

Remarks

  • Collector:    Dan Woehr

  • Formation:  Taylor Group, Anacacho Limestone

  • Location:     Uvalde County, Texas

 

 

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1934 Echinobrissus cubensis Weisbord

  • 1987 Phyllobrissus cubensis (Weisbord); Akers & Akers

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Taylor Group, Anacacho Limestone of south-central Texas
  • Middle Campanian rocks of Cuba

 

Age

  • Phyllobrissus cubensis (Weisbord) lived during the Middle Campanian (~78 mya).

 

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

  • Cuba
  • Uvalde County, Texas

 

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Weisbord, N. E.  1934.  Some Cretaceous and Tertiary Echinoids from Cuba.  Bulletins of American Paleontology 20 (70C), 191-195; plate 21, fig's 1-3.

 

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