Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames, 1881

Remarks

• Collector:     Lee Garrison

• Formation:   Phosphate Beds of Morocco

• Location:      Morocco

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1881 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames

• 1930 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Weiler

• 1930 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Wetzel

• 1943 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Dartevelle and Casier

• 1949 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Dartevelle and Casier

• 1952 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Arambourg

• 1956 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Reboucas and Silva Santos

• 1959 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Dartevelle and Casier

• 1959 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Signeux

• 1964 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Albers and Weiler

• 1977 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Herman

• 1987 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Cappetta

• 1993 Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames; Welton and Farish

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Midway Group, Littig Formation (Paleocene) of Texas (probably reworked)
• Navarro Group, Kemp Formation of Central Texas
• Navarro Group, Escondido Formation of Central Texas
• Maastrichtian deposits of Maastricht, Holland
• Maastrichtian deposits of Belgium
• Maastrichtian deposits of Morocco
• Maastrichtian deposits of Egypt
• Maastrichtian deposits of Jordan
• Maastrichtian deposits of Chile
• Maastrichtian deposits of Brazil

Age

• Rhombodus binkhorsti Dames occurs in the Coahuilites sheltoni Böse and Sphenodiscus pleurisepta (Conrad) zones in Texas (~70 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Belgium
• Brazil
• Chile
• Egypt
• Fannin County, TX
• Hunt County, TX
• Jordan
• Medina County, TX
• Morocco
• Travis County, TX

Remarks

       For identification and descriptions, see:

• Welton, B. J.; Farish, R. F.  1993.  The Collector's Guide to Fossil Sharks and Rays From the Cretaceous of Texas.  Lewisville:  Before Time.