Where: Leon County, Texas (31.0° N, 95.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 86.9° W)
When: Cook Mountain Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Christopher Garvie
Primary reference: W. J. Foster, C. L. Garvie, A. M. Weiss, A. D. Muscente, M. Aberhan, J. W. Counts, and R. C. Martindale. 2020. Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. Scientific Reports 10:2176 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Foster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 205264: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 10.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Eulima spp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Turboella ziga snail | |
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Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail | |
Buccitriton texanum true whelk | |
Bonellitia parilis snail | |
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail | |
Athleta wheelockensis, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
Athleta wheelockensis volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
Fusimitra polita mitre shell | |
Terebra texagyra auger snail
Hastula houstonia auger snail | |
Turricula plenta snail | |
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Protosurcula gabbii, Hesperiturris nodocarinatus, "Coronia ? nucleata" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia genitiva" = Gemmula (Coronia) genitiva, Michela trabeatoides
Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid
"Coronia ? nucleata" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
"Coronia genitiva" = Gemmula (Coronia) genitiva Casey 1904 turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid | |
"Neosimnia texana" = Simnia texana
"Neosimnia texana" = Simnia texana Johnson 1899 snail | |
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail | |
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata triton shell | |
Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail | |
Architectonica cf. textilina, Architectonica sp., Architectonica texcarolina, Architectonica meekana, Architectonica bellistriata
Architectonica cf. textilina sundial
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Architectonica texcarolina sundial
Architectonica meekana sundial
Architectonica bellistriata Conrad 1854 sundial | |
Acteon idoneus Conrad 1833 snail | |
Mnestia sp. Adams and A 1854 snail | |
Rhizorus spp. Montfort 1810 snail
Volvulella subradius snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell |