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Washita - Weno, Texas, USA

GroupWashita
FormationWeno
Age:105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
IntervalAlbian
Lithologymarl/"limestone", "limestone"/marl
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences3

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
SMU locality 263Tarrant County, Texas, USAWashita - Weno
Crowley DecapodsHill County, Texas, USAWashita - Weno

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Paw Paw105 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
claystone, claystone/sandstone17
Washita - Pawpaw105 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
claystone/sandstone, claystone, mudstone, mudstone/wackestone, "siliciclastic", not reported/marl, "shale"51

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Enoploclytia wintoni
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Erymidae : Enoploclytia : Enoploclytia wintoni105.3 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
Asterias quinqueloba
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Forcipulatida : Asteriidae : Asterias : Asterias quinqueloba113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crateraster texensis
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Valvatida : Goniasteridae : Crateraster : Crateraster texensis113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Stenzel H. B. (1945) Decapod Crustaceans from the Cretaceous of Texas, The University of Texas Publication 4401, 401-477
Blake D. B., Reid R. (1998) Some Albian (Cretaceous) asteroids (Echinodermata) from Texas and their paleobiological implications, Journal of Paleontology 72 3, 512-532
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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