Heteraster obliquatus (Clark, 1893)

Remarks

• Collector:    Stephen Crane
• Formation:  Trinity Group, Glen Rose Limestone
• Location:     Central Texas

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1849 ? Toxaster texanus Roemer

• 1852 ? Toxaster texanus Roemer

• 1853 ? Enallaster texanus (Roemer); d'Orbigny

• 1857 ? Toxaster texanus Roemer; Conrad

• 1858 ? Enallaster texanus (Roemer); Desor

• 1860 ? Heteraster texanus (Roemer); Shumard

• 1893 Enallaster obliquatus Clark

• 1915 Enallaster obliquatus Clark; Clark

• 1920 Heteraster obliquatus (Clark); Lambert

• 1927 ? Heteraster texanus (Roemer); Lambert

• 1927 Heteraster obliquatus (Clark); Lambert

• 1936 ? Heteraster obliquatus (Clark); Smiser

• 1940 ? Enallaster texanus (Roemer); Ikins

• 1946 Enallaster texanus (Roemer); Cooke

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Trinity Group, Upper Glen Rose Formation of south-central and west Texas

Age

• Heteraster texanus (Roemer) occurs in the Hypacanthoplites comalensis (Scott) zone late Early Albian Stage (~108 mya).

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

• Bandera County, TX

• Bexar County, TX

• Callahan County, TX

• Hays County, TX

• Hudspeth County, TX

• Kendall County, TX

• Kerr County, TX

• Travis County, TX

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Cooke, C. W.  1955.  Some Cretaceous Echinoids from the Americas.  United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-E, 102–103; plate 25, fig's 7–13.