Class: Asteroidea - Asteroids
(starfish)
Crateraster texensis [+] (Pentagonaster texensis) Strata: Pawpaw Shale Period: Cretaceous (c. 97-98 mya) Loc: Tarrant Co., TX. Dec. 2010. Wes K. |
Altairia wintoni (Comptonia wintoni) Strata: Pawpaw Shale Period: Cretaceous (c. 97-98 mya) Location: Tarrant Co., TX. 1920. Adkins collection, T.C.U. |
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Crateraster mccarteri (Austinaster mccarteri) Strata: Austin Chalk Period: Cretaceous Location: Travis Co., TX. 1930s. More info. |
Denebia americana [+] (Pentaceros americanus) Strata: Pawpaw Shale Period: Cretaceous (c. 97-98 mya) Location: Tarrant Co., TX. 1920. Adkins collection, T.C.U. |
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Crateraster texensis ? Strata: Pawpaw Shale Period: Cretaceous (c. 97-98 mya) Location: Tarrant Co., TX. April 2014. |
Betelgeusia reidi Strata: Pawpaw Shale Period: Cretaceous (c. 97-98 mya) Location: Tarrant Co., TX. March 13, 2007. Found by Lance H. |
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Betelgeusia reidi? Strata: Del Rio Clay (= Grayson) Period: Cretaceous (c. 96 mya) Location: McLennan co., Tx? Picture from Ebay saved by Frank H. |
Class: Ophiuroidea - Ophiuroids
(brittle stars)
References:
" Shallow-water brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)
assemblages from the Aptian (Early Cretaceous) of the North Atlantic: first
insights into bathymetric distribution patterns "
By: Ben Thuy, Andrew S.
Gale, Sabine Stohr, Frank Wiese 2013