Meretrix hanseni Whitney, 1952

Remarks

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

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1952 Meretrix hanseni Whitney
• The classification of this clam hasn't been revised to our knowledge.

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Trinity Group, Glen Rose Formation of North and Central Texas

Age

• Meretrix hanseni Whitney occurs in the upper Glen Rose Limestone (~108 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Bandera County, TX
• Comal County, TX
• Coryell County, TX

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Whitney, M. I. 1952. Some Zone Marker Fossils of the Glen Rose Formation of Central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 26 (1), 65–73.