Necrocarcinus texensis Rathbun, 1935

Remarks

• Collector:    Lee Duchouquette

• Formation:  Upper Washita Group, Pawpaw Formation

• Location:     Tarrant County, Texas

General Info  

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1935 Necrocarcinus texensis Rathbun

• 1986 Necrocarcinus texensis Rathbun; Bishop

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Washita Group, Pawpaw Formation of North Texas

• Washita Group, Denton Formation of North Texas

Age

• Necrocarcinus texensis Rathbun occurs from the Mortoniceras (Angolaites) wintoni (Adkins) zone to the Mariella (Wintonia) brazoensis (Roemer) zone, late Upper Albian to lowermost Cenomanian (~99-97 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Grayson County, TX

• Tarrant County, TX

Remarks  

         For identification and descriptions, see:  

• Rathbun, M. J.  1935.  Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain.  Geological Society of America Special Paper 2.