Heteraster texanus (Roemer, 1849)

Remarks

• Collector:    Keith Minor
• Formation:  Fredericksburg Group, Walnut Formation
• Location:     Wise County, TX

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1849 Toxaster texanus Roemer
• 1949 Enallaster texanus Roemer
• 1852 Heteraster texanus (Roemer); Roemer
• 1910 Heteraster texanus (Roemer); Böse
• 1927 Heteraster texanus (Roemer); Lambert
• 1947 Heteraster texanus (Roemer); Shimer and Shrock
• 1987 Heteraster texanus (Roemer); Akers and Akers
• 1989 Heteraster texanus (Roemer); Finsley

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Fredericksburg Group, Goodland Formation of north Texas
• Fredericksburg Group, Comanche Peak Formation of north Texas
• Fredericksburg Group, Walnut Formation of north Texas
• Trinity Group, Upper Glen Rose Formation of north Texas

Age

• eteraster texanus (Roemer) ranges from the Hypacanthoplites comalensis (Scott) zone to about the Oxytropidoceras  (Oxytropidoceras) powelli  (Young) zone, upper Lower Albian Stage to lowermost Upper Albian Stage (~108–103 mya).

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

• Borden County, TX (county information provided by Wade Crenshaw)
• Coryell County, TX
• Garza County, TX (county information provided by Wade Crenshaw)
• Hamilton County, TX
• Tarrant County, TX
• Travis County, TX
• Wise County, TX

Remarks

  For identification and descriptions, see:

• Adkins, W. S. 1928. Handbook of Texas Cretaceous Fossils. Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas Bulletin 2838.