AF-ST-L (Eocene of the United States)

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

• coarse sand

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
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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Calorhadia (Calorhadia) compsa Gabb 1860 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia spp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
Orthoyoldia sp. Verrill 1897 pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Barbatia spp. Gray 1842 clam
Pachecoa sp. Harris 1919 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
? Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Pteropsella sp. Vokes 1956 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar spp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Notocorbula texana Gabb 1860 clam
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Vokesula sp. Stenzel and J. T 1957 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia (Claibornicardia) sp." = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) Stenzel and Krause 1957 clam
Venericardia (Venericor) sp. Stewart 1930 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Patellida - Lottiidae
? Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap
Scalina trapaquara wentletrap
engona
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
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
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Cypraedia sp. Swainson 1840 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
? Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia sp. Gray 1834 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Strepsidura sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Terebrifusus amoenus Conrad 1833 true whelk
Buccitriton sp. true whelk
Bolis enterogramma true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lapparia aff. nuda Stenzel and Turner 1940 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex fusates murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
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
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
"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
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula houstonia auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Lithoconus) sp., "Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens
Conus (Lithoconus) sp. Mörch 1852 cone shell
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Fusimitra polita mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
? Phalium sp. Link 1807 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata Gabb 1860 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella spp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Mesalia sp. Gray 1847 turret shell
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon pomilis snail
punctatus
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania sp. Jeffreys 1884 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail