TMM Kincaid 28 -lithified (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.1° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 78.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• labeled Midway Group, very likely Kincaid

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the TMM

• TMM Catalog #NPL 4607-12

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 86464: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 02.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropoda indet, poorly preserved
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus ? sp. Conrad 1865 snail
Levifusus? (labeled Fusus?)
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis), "Volutocorbis ? sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute
"Volutocorbis ? sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Pleurotoma ? sp." = Turris
"Pleurotoma ? sp." = Turris Röding 1798 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia sp. Conrad 1860 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella "sp. B" Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula ? sp. Deshayes 1838 snail
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral