PRI 2835 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Burleson County, Texas (30.6° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 85.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Weches Formation (Claiborne Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91125: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.09.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella true conch
Ectinochilus texanum Ectinochilus texanum cherokense
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula brazosensis Johnson 1899 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Papillina dumosa Conrad 1854 snail
Papillina dumosa trapaquara
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea lisbonensis Harris 1919 oyster
Crassostrea "sp. C" Sacco 1897 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Vokesula smithvillensis Harris 1919 clam
Vokesula smithvillensis smithvillensis
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium" "sp. I" Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae