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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Galeodea dubia snail | |
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella
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Metula brazosensis Johnson 1899 true whelk | |
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Raphitoma fannae snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cubitostrea lisbonensis Harris 1919 oyster
Crassostrea "sp. C" Sacco 1897 oyster | |
Chlamys burlesonensis scallop | |
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"Cardium" "sp. I" Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) smithvillensis Harris 1895 clam |