PRI 767 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.0° N, 97.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 88.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cook Mountain Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Collected by J. Wells for G.D.Harris collection.

Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90886: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.08.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina tallicheti tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Timothynus anterproductus" = Diplodonta (Timothynus)
"Timothynus anterproductus" = Diplodonta (Timothynus) clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa Conrad 1833 clam
Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa var.B
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
Papillina dumosa Conrad 1854 snail
Papillina dumosa trapaquara
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail
Natica spp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Polinices aratus moon snail