List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
(Harris 1919)
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| common | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Calorhadia (Calorhadia) compsa
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Orthoyoldia psammotaea
(Dall 1898)
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Calorhadia (Litorhadia) petropolitana
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| spelled with current rank as Litorhadia | ||||||||||
| rare | ||||||||||
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Calorhadia (? Litorhadia) evanescentior
Stenzel and E. K 1957
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Venericor) planicosta
(Lamarck 1801)
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| recombined as Venericor planicosta | ||||||||||
| abundant; V. (Venericor) planicosta densata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Notocorbula texana
(Gabb 1860)
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Vokesula smithvillensis
(Harris 1919)
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Caryocorbula deusseni
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| frequent | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Katherinella smithvillensis
Stenzel et al. 1957
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Pitar (Calpitaria) petropolitanus
Stenzel et al. 1957
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| common | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anatinellidae
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Pteropsella praelapidosa
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| common; originally Kymatox praelapidosus, corrected genus from author's addendum in text [entered as Pteropsella praelapidosus] | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina (Eurytellina) mooreana
(Gabb 1860)
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| abundant | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Barbatia) uxorispalmeri
Stenzel and E. K 1957
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Pachecoa (Pachecoa) pulchra
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| common | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) petropolitana
Stenzel and J. T 1957
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| rare | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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| rare | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brazos |
| 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: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Stone City |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,glauconitic,shelly/skeletal,black,gray unlithified silty sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | unlithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: friable and resistant, olive-gray or olive-black, massive, marly, fossiliferous, silty, fine-grained, glauconite arenite, locdally containing small nests of slickensided marl | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41439 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-14 10:49:08 | Last modified: | 2010-10-03 20:08:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-14 10:49:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7415. | H. B. Stenzel, E. K. Krause, and J. T. Twining. 1957. Pelecypoda from the type locality of the Stone City beds (Middle Eocene) of Texas. University of Texas Publication (5704) [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |