Also known as Trinity River
Where: Houston County, Texas (31.3° N, 95.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 87.0° W)
When: Stone City Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified sandstone
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 205414: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Calorhadia (Calorhadia) compsa Gabb 1860 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia spp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
Orthoyoldia sp. Verrill 1897 pointed nut clam | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
Crassostrea alabamensis oyster | |
? Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Pteropsella sp. Vokes 1956 clam | |
Pitar spp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
? Egerella sp. clam | |
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Notocorbula texana Gabb 1860 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Vokesula sp. Stenzel and J. T 1957 clam | |
"Venericardia (Claibornicardia) sp." = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia), Venericardia (Claibornicardia) cf. trapaquara, Venericardia (Venericor) sp.
"Venericardia (Claibornicardia) sp." = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) Stenzel and Krause 1957 clam
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) cf. trapaquara Harris 1895 clam
Venericardia (Venericor) sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
? Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap | |
Polinices aratus moon snail
Neverita limula Conrad 1833 moon snail
aff. Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Sinum inconstans moon snail
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail | |
Cypraedia sp. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Streptochetus limulus snail
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail | |
? Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail
Cornulina armigera Conrad 1833 snail | |
Bullia sp. Gray 1834 snail
Bullia tenera snail | |
? Strepsidura sp., Pseudoliva cf. santander, Pseudoliva sp., Terebrifusus amoenus, Buccitriton sp., Bolis enterogramma
? Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Pseudoliva cf. santander true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Terebrifusus amoenus Conrad 1833 true whelk
Buccitriton sp. true whelk
Bolis enterogramma true whelk | |
Lapparia aff. nuda Stenzel and Turner 1940 volute
Athleta wheelockensis volute | |
Murex fusates murex snail | |
Microdrillia harrisi snail | |
Protosurcula cf. gabbii, Michela sp., Hesperiturris nodocarinatus, "Coronia spp." = Gemmula (Coronia), ? Eopleurotoma sp.
Protosurcula cf. gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Michela sp. Gardner 1945 turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid
"Coronia spp." = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
? Eopleurotoma sp. Cossmann 1889 turrid | |
"cf. Ancistrosyrinx bastropensis" = Cochlespira, "cf. Ancistrosyrinx sp." = Cochlespira, Cochlespira engonata
"cf. Ancistrosyrinx bastropensis" = Cochlespira snail
"cf. Ancistrosyrinx sp." = Cochlespira Conrad 1865 snail
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail | |
Hastula houstonia auger snail | |
Conus (Lithoconus) sp., "Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens
Conus (Lithoconus) sp. Mörch 1852 cone shell
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Volvaria alabamensis mitre shell
Fusimitra polita mitre shell | |
Bonellitia bastropensis snail
Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833 snail
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail | |
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail | |
? Phalium sp. Link 1807 snail | |
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata Gabb 1860 triton shell | |
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell | |
Turritella spp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Mesalia sp. Gray 1847 turret shell | |
Volvulella loisae snail | |
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Gegania sp. Jeffreys 1884 snail | |
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail |