M 268: Danian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Ostrea) pulaskensis Harris 1892
Gardner 1933
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca informal sp. C sensu lato Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Travis
Coordinates: 30.3° North, 97.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 78.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Danian
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Midway Formation:Kincaid Member:Littig
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:91849
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles, U. Smith
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-10-21 17:18:29 Last modified:2011-04-29 20:27:12
Access level:group members Released:2014-10-21 17:18:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11845. 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]

Secondary references:

35951 J. Gardner. 1933. The Midway Group of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin, Publication Bureau of Economic Geology (3301) [J. Sessa/L. Eccles]
11846 K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Sessa]