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Neithea texanus (Roemer, 1852)
Remarks
- Collector: Keith Minor
- Formation: Washita Group, Duck Creek Limestone
- Location: Cooke County, TX
General Info
Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)
- 1849 Pecten aequicostatus Roemer
- 1849 Pecten quadricostatus Roemer in part
- 1852 Pecten texanus Roemer
- 1852 Pecten quadricostatus Roemer in part
- 1853 Pecten quadricostatus Roemer; Shumard
- 1857 Pecten (Neithea) texanus (Roemer); Conrad
- 1861 Does not = Pecten texanus Gabb
- 1889 Pecten texanus (Roemer); Hill
- 1903 Pecten texanus (Roemer); Shattuck
- 1910 Vola texana (Roemer); Böse
- 1910 Vola texana (Roemer) var. elongata Böse
- 1919 Neithea texana (Roemer); Kniker
- 1919 Neithea texanus var. elongata (Böse); Kniker
- 1920 Neithea texanus Roemer; Adkins and Winton
- 1924 Pecten texanus Roemer; Twenhofel
- 1928 Pecten (Neithea) texanus (Roemer); Adkins
- 1928 Pecten (Neithea) texanus var. elongatus Böse
- 1947 Pecten (Neithea) texana (Roemer); Stanton
- 1960 Pecten (Neithea) texanus (Roemer); Perkins
- 1982 Neithea texanus (Roemer); Offeman et al.
Stratigraphic Occurrence
- Uppermost Washita Group, Buda Formation of Central Texas
- Uppermost Washita Group, Grayson Formation of North Texas
- Uppermost Washita Group, Del Rio Formation of Central and West Texas
- Upper Washita Group, Mainstreet Formation of North Texas
- Upper Washita Group, Upper Marl Member of the Weno Formation of North Texas
- Upper Washita Group, Lower Limestone Member of the Weno Formation of North Texas
- Lower Washita Group, Denton Formation of North Texas
- Lower Washita Group, Fort Worth Formation of North Texas
- Basal Washita Group, Duck Creek Formation of North Texas
- Washita Group, Georgetown Limestone of Central Texas
- Lower Washita Group, Smeltertown Formation (?) of El Paso, Texas
- Lower Washita Group, Formation ? (Grayson equivalent), Chihuahua, Mexico
- ? Fredericksburg Group, Benbrook Limestone Member of the Goodland Formation, North Texas
- Washita Group equivalent, Upper Aurora Limestone, Coahuila, Mexico
Age
- Neithea texana (Roemer) is a very long–ranging clam. It ranges from late Albian to lower Cenomanian time (~102 to 97 mya).
Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)
- Bexar County, Texas
- Chihuahua, Mexico
- Coahuila, Mexico
- Comal County, Texas
- El Paso County, Texas
- Grayson County, Texas
- Hill County, Texas
- Marshall County, Oklahoma
- McLennan County, Texas
- Tarrant County, Texas
- Travis County, Texas
Remarks
For identification and descriptions, see:
- Adkins, W. S. 1928. Handbook of Texas Cretaceous Fossils. University of Texas Bulletin 2838.
- Perkins, B. F. 1960. Biostratigraphic Studies in the Comanche (Cretaceous) Series of Northern Mexico and Texas. Geological Society of America Memoir 83.
- Stanton, T. W. 1947. Studies of Some Comanche Pelecypods and Gastropods. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 211.
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