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Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei

Geological Range

Cenomanian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Texas

Remarks

Original presentation: Acanthoceras lonsdalei

Original publication: Adkins. 1928. [p. 244, pl. 26, fig. 5, pl. 27, fig. 3].

Holotype: TMM 2410.

Type locality: Belton-Temple Road, Bell County, Texas (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990).

Type horizon: “Bluebonnet Member of the Lake Waco Formation of the Eagle Ford Group” (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a, p. 121).

Other specimens: USNM 108831a-b, USNM 420268-420272, TMM 1069, WSA 12830.

Zonation: Acanthoceras bellense zone = Middle Cenomanian (Cobban et al., 2006).

Other occurrences: “Middle Cenomanian of Bathurst Island, northern Australia” (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a, p. 122).

References: Kennedy and Cobban (1990a).

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Cenomanian
Lake Waco Formation (Bluebonnet Member) (TX)
Unknown Stage
Eagle Ford Formation (TX)
Holotype of <i>Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei</i> (TMM 2410). See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-fig. 21 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in <i>Palaeontology</i>), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Holotype of Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei (TMM 2410). See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-fig. 21 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in Palaeontology), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Specimen of <i>Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei</i> (USNM 420271). See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-fig. 20 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in <i>Palaeontology</i>), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Specimen of Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei (USNM 420271). See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-fig. 20 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in Palaeontology), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Specimen of <i>Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei</i> (USNM 420270). See original caption for additional details. Image modified from pl. 14, figs 17 and 18 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in <i>Palaeontology</i>), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Specimen of Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei (USNM 420270). See original caption for additional details. Image modified from pl. 14, figs 17 and 18 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in Palaeontology), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Specimens of <i>Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei</i>. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from pl. 12, figs 1-3 and 8 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in <i>Palaeontology</i>), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Specimens of Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from pl. 12, figs 1-3 and 8 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in Palaeontology), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Stratigraphic position unknown
Stratigraphic position unknown