Chlamys stantoni (Hill, 1893)

Remarks

• Collector:    Farley Katz
• Formation:  Lower Glen Rose Limestone
• Location:    Kendall County, TX

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1893 Pecten stantoni Hill
• 1904 Pecten stantoni Hill; Stanton
• 1928 Pecten stantoni Hill; Adkins
• 1947 Pecten (Chlamys) stantoni (Hill); Stanton
• 1982 Chlamys stantoni (Hill); Offeman et al.

Stratigraphic Occurrence (not an all inclusive list)

• Trinity Group, Lower Glen Rose Limestone of Texas

Age

• Chlamys stantoni (Hill) is an early Albian clam (~111 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (by no means an all-inclusive list)

• Bandera County, TX
• Kendall County, TX

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Adkins, W. S.  1927 (1928).  Handbook of Texas Cretaceous Fossils.  University of Texas Bulletin 2838.
• Hill.  1893.  Paleontology of the Cretaceous Formations of Texas:  The Invertebrate Paleontology of the Trinity Division.  Biological Society of Washington Proceedings 8, 24; pl. 2, figs. 3, 3a.
• Stanton, T. W.  1947.  Studies of Some Comanche Pelecypods and Gastropods.  United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 211, 1–256.