P-16 (Brazos River K-T boundary, TX) (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Falls County, Texas (31.3° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 77.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Littig Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• from foram zone P1b, composite section from localities B-2 and CM-5

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, argillaceous siltstone

• unconsolidated clay or clayey silt

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: T. A. Hansen, B. R. Farrell, and B. Upshaw, III. 1993. The first 2 million years after the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in east Texas: Rate and paleoecology of the molluscan recovery. Paleobiology 19(2):251-265 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5585: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 20.10.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
solitary coral
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp.
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet., Ostrea pulaskensis
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Ostrea pulaskensis Harris 1892 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet.
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Amusium alabamense
Amusium alabamense Aldrich 1886 mud scallop
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella gabbi, Crassatella sp.
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditidae indet., "Venericardia moa" = Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa
Carditidae indet. Fleming 1820 clam
"Venericardia moa" = Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa Gardner 1935 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina cf. uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina cf. uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculanidae indet., Saccella sp., Nuculana sp.
Nuculanidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
N. sp. b
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculidae indet.
Nuculidae indet. Gray 1824 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa emoryi
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea sp.
Tornatellaea sp. Conrad 1860 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet., Bittium estellense
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
C. sp. a (1), C. indet. (2)
Bittium estellense cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet., Turritella premortoni
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
Turritella premortoni turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Nudivagus sp.
Nudivagus sp. snail
N. sp. a
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia cf. pergracilis
Exilia cf. pergracilis Conrad 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae indet.
Fasciolariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail
F. sp. a
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute