Homomya budaensis Whitney, 1911

Remarks

• Collector:    Keith Minor
• Formation:  Uppermost Washita Group, Grayson Formation
• Location:     Tarrant County, TX

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1911 Homomya budaensis Whitney

• 1928 Homomya budaensis Whitney; Adkins

• 1928 Homomya budaensis Whitney; Whitney

• 1960 Homomya budaensis Whitney; Perkins

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Uppermost Washita Grp, Buda Fm of central TX

• Uppermost Washita Grp, Grayson Formation in north TX

• Aurora Limestone of Sierra Tlahuallio, Coahuila, Mexico

Age

• Homomya budaensis Whitney occurs in the Buda LS and equivalents, Graysonites lozoi Young zone, and possibly higher up in the Buda into the Budaiceras hyatti (Shattuck) zone, early Middle Cenomanian Stage (~97 to possibly 96 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Coahuila, Mexico

• Tarrant County, TX

• Travis County, TX

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Perkins, B. F.  1960. Biostratigraphic Studies in the Comanche (Cretaceous) Series of Northern Mexico and Texas.  Geological Society of America, Memoir 83, 81–82, plate 24, figs 4, 6, and 7.