Echinocorys texanus (Cragin, 1893)

Remarks

• Collector:     Dan Woehr
• Formation:   Taylor Group, Anacacho Limestone
• Location:      Medina County, TX

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1893 Anachytes texana Cragin

• 1915 Anachytes texana Cragin; Clark & Twitchell

• 1928 Echinocorys texanus (Cragin); Adkins

• 1928 Echinocorys cf. texanus (Cragin); Dane & Stephenson

• 1955 Echinocorys texanus (Cragin); Cooke

• 1987 Echinocorys texanus (Cragin); Akers & Akers

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Taylor Group, Pecan Gap Chalk of north-central and south-central Texas

• Taylor Group, Annona Chalk of southwestern Arkansas

• Taylor Group, Anacacho Limestone of south Texas

• Taylor Group, Marlbrook Marl of northeast Texas

Age

• Echinocorys texanus (Cragin) occurs in the Baculites mclearni Landes and Nostoceras (Bostrychoceras) polyplocum (Roemer) zones along the western Gulf Coast, early Late Campanian Stage (~76–75 mya).

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

• Bell County, TX

• Bexar County, TX

• Falls County, TX

• Hempstead County, AR

• Kaufman County, TX

• Medina County, TX

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Adkins, W. S.  1928.  Handbook of Texas Cretaceous Fossils.  University of Texas Bulletin 2838, 286, plate XXXVII, figs 5–6.

• Clark, W. B.; Twitchell, M. W.  1915.  Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States.  United States Geological Survey Monograph 54, 82–83, plate XXXV, figs 2a–c, plate XXXVI, figs 1a–b.