Rachiosoma hondoensis Cooke, 1954

Remarks

• Collector:      Dan Woehr

• Formation:    Navarro Group, Corsicana Marl

• Location:       Bexar County, TX

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1954 Rachiosoma hondoensis Cooke

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Navarro Group, Escondido Limestone of south-central Texas

• Navarro Group, Corsicana Formation of south-central Texas

Age

• Rachiosoma hondoensis Cooke is a Late Maastrichtian echinoid (~66 mya).

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

• Bexar County, Texas

• Medina County, Texas

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Cooke, C. W.  1954.  American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea.  United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A, 8 and 9; plate 3, fig's 4 and 5.