Where: Falls County, Texas (31.3° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 77.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pisgah Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• in foram zone P1c, composite section from CM-5 and DMC-2
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, argillaceous siltstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: T. A. Hansen, B. R. Farrell, and B. Upshaw, III. 1993. The first 2 million years after the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in east Texas: Rate and paleoecology of the molluscan recovery. Paleobiology 19(2):251-265 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5590: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 20.10.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Solemya bilix Awning Clam | |
Nuculidae indet. Gray 1824 nut clam | |
Nuculanidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam
Jupiteria smirna pointed nut clam
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam | |
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam | |
Cucullaea macrodonta clam
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
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Amusium alabamense Aldrich 1886 mud scallop | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Verticordia sp. Sowerby 1844 clam | |
Cuspidariidae indet. Dall 1886 clam | |
"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
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Corbulidae indet. Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Lucinidae indet., "Lucina cf. uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina cf. uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Carditidae indet. Fleming 1820 clam | |
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862 tusk shell | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Vitrinellidae indet. Bush 1897 snail | |
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Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Volutidae indet., "Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
Volutidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 volute
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute | |
Olividae indet. Latreille 1825 olive snail | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
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Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Retusa emoryi snail | |
Tornatellaea sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
Anthozoa | |
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