Aguja Flemingostrea Klein (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.8° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 76.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Baculites scotti ammonoid zone, Aguja Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Klein 1986

Primary reference: J. J. Klein. 1986. Paleoecology of the Aguja formation, Brewster County, Texas. Masters thesis, 1-119 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7468: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Goniocylichna sp. Wade 1926 snail
Goniocylichna sp.
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
Brachidontes sp.
Lycettia tippanus mussel
Lycettia tippanus
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes sp.
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima coahuilensis file clam
Lima coahuilensis
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Flemingostrea pratti oyster
Flemingostrea pratti
Flemingostrea subspatulata oyster
Flemingostrea subspatulata
Crassostrea cusseta oyster
Crassostrea cusseta
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Nemodon eufaulensis clam
Nemodon eufaulensis [entered as Nemodon eufaulensis]
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca securiculata ark
Arca securiculata
Arca pergracilis ark
Arca pergracilis
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Ethmocardium cf. welleri cockle
Ethmocardium cf. E. welleri
Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle
Granocardium sp.
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen sp. Conrad 1865 clam
Leptosolen sp.
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya cf. coahuilensis clam
Pholadomya cf. P. coahuilensis
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Venericardia sp.