Stone City, upper 40 cm of main glauconite bed (MGB) bag #1: Lutetian - Bartonian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eodrilla texana
8 individuals
originally entered as "Eodrillia texana"
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulitidae indet. Lagaaij 1952
25 individuals
lunulitid A
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
9 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania antiquata
4 individuals
G. a. striata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidella bastropensis
1 individual
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica scrobiculata (Conrad 1833)
3 individuals
recombined as Patulaxis scrobiculata
A. s. hicoria
Architectonica meekana
2 individuals
A. m. splendida
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula trapaquara
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa galba
20 individuals
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia claibornensis
7 individuals
Turritella spp.
7 individuals
all species
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
229 individuals
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
1 individual
S. spp??
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860
7 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta (Conrad 1833)
7 individuals
original and current combination Monoceros vetusta
Buccitriton texanum
58 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833
1 individual
Bonellitia parilis
11 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Ancistrosyrinx ? greggi
40 individuals
synonym of Cochlespira
originally entered as "Ancistrosyrinx greggi?"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Mirula) texagyra
10 individuals
originally entered as "Terebra (Mirula) texagyra"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Cochlespirella nana
1 individual
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895
43 individuals
Eopleurotoma lisboncola
18 individuals
Trypanotoma longispira
6 individuals
Protosurcula gabbi Conrad 1865
12 individuals
corrected as Protosurcula gabbii
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832
1 individual
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833
18 individuals
Athleta petrosus (Conrad 1833)
6 individuals
recombined as Athleta petrosa
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis texana
5 individuals
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula mauricensis (Harris 1919)
17 individuals
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippioides Gabb 1860
43 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa sabinica Harris 1919
15 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina papyria Conrad 1833
1 individual
recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula deusseni
1 individual
Vokesula smithvillensis (Harris 1919)
23 individuals
Caryocorbula alabamiensis (Lea 1833)
1 individual
recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
Notocorbula texana (Gabb 1860)
94 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia rotunda Lea 1833
8 individuals
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833
74 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 30.6° North, 96.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.4° North, 86.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
*Period:Tertiary
*International age/stage:Lutetian - Bartonian *Local age/stage:Claibornian
Key time interval:Lutetian - Bartonian Zone: late
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Crockett Member:Stone City
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: main glauconite bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:condensed,glauconitic unlithified argillaceous sandstone
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: muddy glauconite sand

above storm wave base

Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite,original phosphate
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:includes all countable macrofossils but bivalves, does include oysters
Metadata
Also known as:Stone-b
Database number:2413
Authorizer:L. Ivany, J. Sessa Enterer:L. Ivany, J. Sessa
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-03 14:26:20 Last modified:2011-01-10 08:00:09
Access level:the public Released:1999-07-03 14:26:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

72. L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement]