Tapes decepta (Hill, 1893)

Remarks

• Collector:    Keith Minor
• Formation:  Trinity Group, Glen Rose Formation
• Location:     Coryell County, TX

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1893 Chione? decepta Hill
• 1893 Tapes decepta (Hill)
• 1982 Tapes decepta (Hill); Offeman et al.
• 1989 Tapes decepta (Hill); Finsley

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Trinity Group, Upper Glen Rose Formation of Central Texas.  It may extend down into the lower Glen Rose.

Age

• Tapes decepta (Hill)occurs with Tapes bakeri Whitney in the upper part of the Glen Rose Limestone, putting it in the Hypacanthoplites comalensis (Scott) zone of Young (upper Lower Albian, ~108 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Bandera County
• Coryell County

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Whitney, M. I.  1952.  Some New Pelecypoda from the Glen Rose Formation of Texas.  Journal of Paleontology 26 (5), 697–707.