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Invertebrates: Corals: Heliastrea roemeriana (Wells) (Texas) |
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Written by Keith Minor
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Heliastrea roemeriana (Wells, 1933) 
Remarks - Collector: Dan Milam
- Formation: Fredericksburg Group, Edwards Limestone
- Loction: Bosque County, TX
General Info Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature) - 1933 Orbicella roemeriana Wells
- 1944 Montastrea roemeriana (Wells); Shimer and Schrock
- 1989 Montastrea roemeriana (Wells); Finsley
- 1992 Heliastrea roemeriana (Wells); Loeser
Stratigraphic Occurrence - Fredericksburg Group, Edwards Formation of North–Central Texas
- Fredericksburg Group, Devils River Formation of Central Texas
Age - Montastrea roemeriana (Wells) is latest Middle Albian or earliest Late Albian in age (~104 mya).
Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list) - Bosque County, TX
- Hill County, TX
- Probably Kerr County, TX
- Travis County, TX
- Val Verde County, TX
Remarks For identification, descriptions, and ranges, see: - Shimer, H. W.; Shrock, R. R. 1944. Index Fossils of North America. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- Wells, J. W. 1933. Cretaceous Corals of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains and Western Interior. Bulletins of American Paleontology 18 (67), 1–204.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 January 2008 )
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