Pseudomelania pupoides (Cragin, 1893)

Remarks

• Collector:    Farley P. Katz

• Formation:  Trinity Group, Lower Glen Rose Formation

• Location:     Bandera County, Texas

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1893 Rostellites pupoides Cragin
• 1947 Pseudomelania ? pupoides (Cragin); Stanton
• 1952 Anatina beckleyi Whitney
• 1997 Pseudomelania ? pupoides (Cragin); Akers and Akers

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Trinity Group, Lower Glen Rose Formation of south-central Texas

Age

• Pseudomelania pupoides (Cragin) occurs in the Douvilleiceras mammillatum (Schlotheim) zone, early Albian Stage (~112 mya), and may be as old as latest Aptian.

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Bandera County, TX
• Blanco County, TX
• Travis County, TX

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Stanton, T. W.  1947.  Studies of Some Comanche Pelecypods and Gastropods.  United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 211.
• Whitney, M. I.  1952.  Some Zone Marker Fossils of the Glen Rose Formation of Central Texas.  Journal of Paleontology 26 (1), 65–73