Where: Medina County, Texas (29.4° N, 98.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 79.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tehuacana Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
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 92223: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 03.11.2009, edited by Ursula Smith
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Diplodonta "sp. A" Bronn 1831 clam
? Diplodonta "sp. B" Bronn 1831 clam | |
Pitar pteleinus venus clam | |
Nemocardium quihi cockle | |
Tellina quihi tellin clam
Tellina "sp. C" Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium mediaviense tusk shell |