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Hemiaster bexari Clark, 1915

 

Remarks

  • Collector:       Dan Woehr
  • Formation:     Navarro Group, Corsicana Formation
  • Location:        Bexar County, Texas

 

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1915 Hemiaster bexari Clark

  • 1924 Hemiaster (Leymeriaster) bexari (Clark); Lambert & Thiéry

  • 1926 Hemiaster (Leymeriaster) bexari (Clark); Lambert

  • 1928 Hemiaster (Leymeriaster) bexari (Clark); Adkins

  • 1941 Hemiaster bexari Clark

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Navarro Group, Corsicana Formation of south-central Texas

 

Age

  • Hemiaster bexari Clark is a Late Maastrichtian echinoid (~66 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (by no means an all-inclusive list)

  • Bexar County, Texas

 

Remarks

 

For identification and descriptions, see:

Stephenson, L. W.  1941.  The Larger Invertebrate Fossils of the Navarro Group of Texas (Exclusive of Corals and Crustaceans, and Exclusive of the Fauna of the Escondido Formation).  University of Texas Bulletin 4101, 65-67; plate 6, fig's 7 and 8, plate 7, fig's 5-7.

 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 February 2008 )
 
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