TAMU Pisgah 1 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Falls County, Texas (31.2° N, 96.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 77.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pisgah Member (Kincaid Formation), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: TAMU specimens are housed in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M university.

Primary reference: J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86274: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 27.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Epilucina sp. Dall 1901 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella ? sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral