Also known as Elm Creek
Where: Lee County, Texas (30.2° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 88.3° W)
When: Yegua Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
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 205461: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Litorhadia sp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia houstonia pointed nut clam | |
"Glycymeris sabinensis" = Tucetona sabinensis
"Glycymeris sabinensis" = Tucetona sabinensis Harris 1919 clam | |
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop | |
Chama harrisi jewel box | |
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833 clam | |
Crassatella antestriata Gabb 1860 clam
Crassinella minor Lea 1833 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
"Dentalium (Antalis) minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum
"Dentalium (Antalis) minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
Polinices aratus moon snail
Neverita cf. limula Conrad 1833 moon snail
Neverita limula Conrad 1833 moon snail | |
Triphora major snail | |
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail | |
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Terebrifusus amoenus Conrad 1833 true whelk
Buccitriton texanum true whelk | |
Lapparia mooreana, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
Lapparia mooreana volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
Hexaplex vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail | |
"Leptosurcula beadata" = Turricula (Leptosurcula)
"Leptosurcula beadata" = Turricula (Leptosurcula) snail | |
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail | |
Protosurcula gabbii, Eucheilodon crenocarinata, Scobinella reticulatoides, Hesperiturris nodocarinatus, Trypanotoma longispira, Trypanotoma terebriformis, Lyrosurcula dalli, "Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia)
Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Eucheilodon crenocarinata turrid
Scobinella reticulatoides turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid
Trypanotoma longispira turrid
Trypanotoma terebriformis Harris 1937 turrid
Lyrosurcula dalli turrid
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid | |
Tropisurcula sp., "Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia)
Tropisurcula sp. Casey 1904 snail
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail | |
Hastula cf. houstonia auger snail | |
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Fusimitra cf. perexilis mitre shell | |
Uromitra brazosana ribbed mitre
Conomitra texana ribbed mitre
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 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 dutexata Harris 1895 turret shell
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Architectonica (Solariaxis) cf. elaborata, Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana, ? Pseudomalaxis aff. acuta
Architectonica (Solariaxis) cf. elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial | |