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Neithea bexarensis Stephenson, 1941

 

Remarks

  • Collector:       Dan Woehr
  • Formation:     Navarro Group, Corsicana Formation
  • Location:        Bexar County, Texas

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1941 Pecten (Neithea) bexarensis Stephenson
  • 2002 Neithea bexarensis Stephenson Akers & Akers

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Navarro Group, Corsicana Formation of south-central Texas

 

Age

  • Lima acutilineata texana Stephenson is a Late Maastrichtian clam (~66 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

  • Bexar County, TX
  • Medina County, TX

 

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Stephenson, L. W.  1941.  The Larger Invertebrate Fossils of the Navarro Group of Texas (Exclusive of Corals and Crustaceans, and Exclusive of the Fauna of the Escondido Formation).  University of Texas Bulletin 4101, 136-137; plate 22, fig's 7 and 8.
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