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Turritella belviderei Cragin, 1897

 

Remarks

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1893 Turritella seriatim–granulata Roemer; Cragin (in part)
  • 1893 Turritella ventrovoluta Cragin
  • 1893 Turritella flagellta Cragin
  • 1897 Turritella ventrovoluta Cragin
  • 1897 Turritella belviderii Cragin
  • 1889 Turritella marnochii White; Cragin
  • 1890 Turritella marnochii White; Cragin
  • 1890 Turritella marnochii var. belviderii Cragin
  • 1897 Turritella belviderei Cragin
  • 1924 Turritella seriatim–granulata var. belviderii Cragin; Twenhofel
  • 1940 Turritella belviderei Cragin; Stainbrook
  • 1947 Turritella belviderei Cragin; Stanton
  • 1977 Turritella belviderei Cragin; Kauffman
  • 1997 Turritella belviderei Cragin; Akers and Akers

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Skull Creek Group, Kiowa Shale, Champion Draw Member of south-central Kansas
  • Skull Creek Group, Kiowa Shale, Mentor Member of south-central Kansas
  • Washita Group, Weno Formation of North Texas
  • Fredericksburg Group, Kiamichi Formation of North Texas
  • Fredericksburg Group, Edwards Formation of Central Texas
  • Fredericksburg Group, Comanche Peak Formation of North Texas
  • Fredericksburg Group, Goodland Formation of North Texas
  • Fredericksburg Group, Walnut Formation of North Texas

 

Age

  • Turritella belviderei Cragin is coincident with T. seriatim-granulata Roemer, and occurs from about the Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) salasi (Young) zone to the Mortoniceras (Angolaites) drakei (Young) zone,late MiddleAlbian to very late Albian (~105–98 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

  • Comanche County, KS
  • Ellsworth County, KS
  • Kiowa County, KS
  • Lynn County, TX
  • McPherson County, KS
  • Tarrant County, TX

 

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Twenhofel, W. H.  1924.  The Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology of the Comanchean and "Dakota" Formations of Kansas.  State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin 9.
  • Stanton, T. W.  1947. Studies of Some Comanche Pelecypods and Gastropods.  United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 211.

 

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