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Fusus robertsi Stephenson, 1941

 

Remarks

  • Collector:    Gerardo Perez Reveles

  • Formation:  Tornillo Group, San Carlos Formation

  • Location:     Chihuahua, México

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1941 Fusus ? robertsi Stephenson

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Navarro Group, Nacatoch Sand of north Texas

  • Tornillo Group, San Carlos Formation of Chihuahua, Mexico

 

Age

  • Fusus robertsi Stephenson ranges from approximately the very Late Campanian Stage to the Early Maastrichtian (~72-70 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

  • Chihuahua, Mexico

  • Kaufman County, Texas

 

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Stephenson, L. W.  1941.  The Larger Invertebrate Fossils of the Navarro Group of Texas (Exclusive of Corals and Crustaceans, and Exclusive of the Fauna of the Escondido Formation).  University of Texas Bulletin 4101, 334–335; plate 64, fig's 15 & 16.

 

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