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Invertebrates: Trace Fossil X: Ichnogenus Chondrites |
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Written by Keith Minor
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Chondrites sp. 
Remarks - Collector: Keith Minor
- Formation: Austin Group, Hutchins Chalk
- Location: Dallas County, Texas
General Info Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature) - probable worm burrow
- see Hass et al. below for synonymy
Stratigraphic Occurrence - Found throughout the Cretaceous
Age - Chondrites spp. is found throughout the Cretaceous.
Geographic Occurrence (by no means an all-inclusive list) Remarks For identification and descriptions, see: - Hass, W. H.; Häntzschel, W.; Fisher, D. W.; Howell, B. F.; Rhodes, F. H. T.; Müller, K. J.; Moore, R. C. 1962. "Part W. Miscellanea (Conodonts, Conoidal Shells of Uncertain Affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils, and Problematica)". In: Moore, R. C., ed. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. New York and Lawrence: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, W187-W188; fig. 115,1a-c.
- Reaser, D. F. "Stratigraphic and Structural Overview of Upper Cretaceous Rocks Exposed in the Dallas Vicinity". In: Eby, D. E.; Clarke, R. T., ed's. Field Trip Guide for the Annual Meeting of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1983. Dallas: Dallas Geological Society, 1–99.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 13 January 2008 )
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