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 P1d
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 5594: 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 | |
"Nucula mediavia" = Nucula (Nucula) mediavia
"Nucula mediavia" = Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam | |
Jupiteria smirna pointed nut clam
Nuculana ? saffordana pointed nut clam
Nuculana cf. corpulentoides pointed nut clam | |
Cucullaea macrodonta clam | |
Amusium alabamense Aldrich 1886 mud scallop | |
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
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"Veneroida indet." = Veneroidei
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Kelliellidae indet. Fischer 1887 clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Tellina cf. quihi tellin clam | |
Semelidae indet. Stoliczka 1870 clam | |
Lucinidae "sp A." Fleming 1828 clam
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
Carditidae indet. Fleming 1820 clam
Venericardia eoa Plummer 1933 clam | |
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
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Gastropoda | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Polinices ? julianna moon snail | |
Vitrinellidae indet. Bush 1897 snail | |
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute | |
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Agaronia mediavia snail | |
Turritella premortoni turret shell
Turritella prehumerosa turret shell | |
Bittium estellense cerith snail | |
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Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Retusa emoryi snail | |
Tornatellaea texana snail | |
Ringicula dubia snail | |
Solariorbis proius snail |