Also known as Little Brazos River
Where: Brazos County, Texas (30.6° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 87.8° W)
When: Wheelock Member (Cook Mountain Formation), 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 205484: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus (Gadila) juvenis Meyer 1886 tusk shell
"Cadulus (Gadila) brazosensis" = Gadila tusk shell
"Cadulus (Gadila) spp." = Gadila Gray 1847 tusk shell | |
"Dentalium (Antalis) cf. minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum, "Dentalium (Antalis) cf. thaloides" = Antalis
"Dentalium (Antalis) cf. minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850 tusk shell
"Dentalium (Antalis) cf. thaloides" = Antalis tusk shell | |
Fustiaria (Episiphon) acicula tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Orthoyoldia sp. Verrill 1897 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia houstonia pointed nut clam
Litorhadia sp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam | |
Bathyarca sp. Kobelt 1891 clam | |
"Glycymeris sabinensis" = Tucetona sabinensis
"Glycymeris sabinensis" = Tucetona sabinensis Harris 1919 clam | |
? Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle | |
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop | |
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833 clam
Venericardia spp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Crassatella antestriata Gabb 1860 clam | |
"Cuna parva" = Astarte parva
"Cuna parva" = Astarte parva Wood 1840 clam | |
Pholadomya harrisi clam | |
? Mytilimeria sp. Conrad 1837 clam | |
Verticordia (Verticordia) cf. eocensis Langdon 1886 clam | |
? Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra
Abra (Abra) cf. nitens Lea 1833 abra | |
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle | |
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam | |
? Katherinella spp. Tegland 1929 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
Triphora spp. Blainville 1828 snail | |
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail | |
Seila sp. Adams 1861 snail | |
Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
? Cochliolepis sp. Stimpson 1858 snail
Teinostoma texanum Palmer 1937 snail | |
Cyclostremiscus axacuus snail | |
Polinices aratus, Neverita limula, Natica (Naticarius) semilunata, Amaurellina singlei, Sinum arctatum
Polinices aratus moon snail
Neverita limula Conrad 1833 moon snail
Natica (Naticarius) semilunata Lea 1833 moon snail
Amaurellina singlei moon snail
Sinum arctatum moon snail | |
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre
Uromitra brazosana ribbed mitre
Conomitra texana ribbed mitre | |
Hastula cf. houstonia auger snail | |
Eucheilodon crenocarinata, Awateria retifera, Scobinella sp., Lyrosurcula cf. gibbera, Lyrosurcula vaughani, Eosurcula moorei, "Coronia spp." = Gemmula (Coronia), Protosurcula gabbii, Hesperiturris nodocarinatus, Surculites engonatus, Trypanotoma longispira, Surculoma ? kellogi, Trypanotopsis texana
Eucheilodon crenocarinata turrid
Awateria retifera Gabb 1860 turrid
Scobinella sp. Conrad 1848 turrid
Lyrosurcula cf. gibbera turrid
Lyrosurcula vaughani turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
"Coronia spp." = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid
Surculites engonatus turrid
Trypanotoma longispira turrid
Surculoma ? kellogi turrid
Trypanotopsis texana turrid | |
"Leptosurcula beadata" = Turricula (Leptosurcula)
"Leptosurcula beadata" = Turricula (Leptosurcula) snail | |
Microdrillia spp. Casey 1903 snail | |
Glyptotoma conradiana cone shell
Glyptotoma crassiplicata Gabb 1860 cone shell
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Tropisurcula crenula, "Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia), "cf. Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira
Tropisurcula crenula snail
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail
"cf. Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira snail | |
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail | |
Fusimitra polita mitre shell | |
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835 volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute | |
Hexaplex cf. vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail
Pterynotus (Pterynotus) sabinola Palmer 1960 mustached bat
? Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
? Papillina sp. snail
Latirus sexcostatus snail
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
Clavilithes sp. Swainson 1840 snail
Falsifusus apicalis snail | |
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail | |
Terebrifusus amoenus, Terebrifusus multiplicatus, Buccitriton texanum, Pseudoliva vetusta, Metula brazosensis
Terebrifusus amoenus Conrad 1833 true whelk
Terebrifusus multiplicatus true whelk
Buccitriton texanum true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Metula brazosensis Johnson 1899 true whelk | |
Sveltia sp. Jousseaume 1887 snail
Coptostoma ulmulum Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
Bonellitia parilis snail | |
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata Gabb 1860 triton shell | |
Phalium sp. Link 1807 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella
"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella Agassiz 1840 true conch | |
Turboella ziga snail | |
Balcis notata snail
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail | |
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap
Scalina sp. Conrad 1865 wentletrap
Acirsa spp. Mörch 1857 wentletrap
"Rugatiscala sp." = Opalia (Rugatiscala) de Boury 1913 wentletrap | |
Litiopa sp. Rang 1829 snail | |
Turritella spp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella dutexata Harris 1895 turret shell
Actaeonema sulcatum turret shell
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell
Omalaxis singleyi turret shell | |
Dirocerithium sp. Woodring and Stenzel 1959 cerith snail
? Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail | |
Pseudomalaxis plummerae, Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata, Architectonica cf. fungina, "Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta
Pseudomalaxis plummerae snail
Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata Conrad 1854 sundial
Architectonica cf. fungina Conrad 1833 sundial
"Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta Conrad 1854 sundial | |
Odostomia spp., Turbonilla neglecta, Pyramidella sp., Pyramidella spp., "Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) sp." = Ptycheulimella
Odostomia spp. Fleming 1817 snail
Turbonilla neglecta snail
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Pyramidella spp. Lamarck 1799 snail
"Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) sp." = Ptycheulimella Sacco 1892 snail | |
cf. Acteon claibornicola snail
Acteon idoneus Conrad 1833 snail | |
Ringicula spp. Deshayes 1838 snail | |
Volvulella loisae, Volvulella minutissimus, Volvulella spp., Retusa (Cylichnina) adamski, Retusa (Cylichnina) kellogii
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Mnestia dekayi snail | |
Solariorbis depressus snail | |
Pasithea | |
"Niso cf. umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata
"Niso cf. umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata Lea 1833 |