Phyllacanthus texanus Whitney and Kellum, 1966

Remarks

• Collector:    Dan Woehr

• Formation:  Trinity Group, Glen Rose Formation

• Location:     Comal County, Texas

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1966 Phyllacanthus texanus Whitney & Kellum

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Trinity Grp, Glen Rose Formation of central Texas

Age

• Phyllacanthus texanus is an Early Albian echinoid      (~ 110 mya).

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

• Comal County, Texas

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Whitney, M. I.; Kellum, L. B.  1966.  Echinoids of the Glen Rose Limestone of Texas.  Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Sciences Letters Paper 51, 241-266.