Where: Presidio County, Texas (30.2° N, 104.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 94.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Colmena Tuff Formation (Vieja Group), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
• 70-90 feet above base of Tertiary section
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuff and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Wilson, Jack; reposited in the TMM
Primary reference: B. Roth. 1984. Lysinoe (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) and other land snails from Eocene-Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas, and their paleoclimatic significance. The Veliger 27(2):200-218 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199931: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 22.02.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Lysinoe breedlovei Roth 1984 snail |