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Cardium (Granocardium) inflatum Scott, 1978

 

Remarks

  • Collector:    Keith Minor
  • Formation:  Washita Group, Weno Limestone
  • Location:     Tarrant County, TX

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1978 Granocardium (Granocardium) inflatum Scott
  • 2002 Granocardium (Granocardium) inflatum Scott; Akers & Akers

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Washita Group, Weno Formation of north Texas

 

Age

  • Cardium (Granocardium) inflatum Scott occurs in the Mortoniceras (Angolaites) drakei (Young) Zone, very Late Albian Stage (~ 98 mya).

 

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

  • Tarrant County, Texas 

 

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Scott, R. W.  1978.  Paleobiology of Comanchean (Cretaceous) Cardiids (Cardiinae) of North America.  Journal of Paleontology 52, 881–903.
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