Cardiaster leonensis Stephenson, 1941

Remarks

• Collector:       Dan Woehr
• Formation:     Navarro Group, Corsicana Formation
• Location:        Bexar County, Texas

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1941 Cardiaster leonensis Stephenson

• 1953 Cardiaster leonensis Stephenson; Cooke

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Navarro Group, Corsicana Formation of south-central Texas

• Taylor Group, Anacacho Limestone of south-central Texas

Age

• Cardiaster leonensis Stephenson ranges from the Early Campanian Stage to Late Maastrichtian Stage  (~ 81-66 mya).

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

• Bexar County, Texas

• Kinney County, Texas

• Medina County, Texas

• Uvalde County, Texas

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Cooke, C. W.  1953.  American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea.  United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A, 28; plate 11, fig's 1-7.