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Craginaster completa Lambert, 1903

 

Remarks

  • Collector:     Dan Woehr

  • Formation:   Upper Washita Group, Grayson Formation

  • Location:      Grayson County, TX.

  • We would like to thank Scott Kelley for letting us know that Craginaster is the current name for this guy.

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1893 Holaster completus Cragin

  • 1903 Craginaster completa Lambert

  • 1946 Pseudananchys completa (Cragin); Cooke

  • 1987 Pseudananchys completa (Cragin); Akers & Akers

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Upper Washita Group, Grayson Formation of north-central Texas

 

Age

  • Craginaster completa (Cragin) occurs in the Graysonites lozoi Young and/or Graysonites adkinsi Young zone, middle Early Cenomanian Stage (~97 mya).

 

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

  • Cooke County, TX

  • Denton County, TX

 

Remarks

 

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Cragin, F. W.  1893.  A Contribution to the Invertebrate Paleontology of the Texas Cretaceous.  Texas Geological Survey Annual Report 4, part 9, 139–294.

 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 February 2008 )
 
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