Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.1° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 78.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• formation-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 98701: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 19.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam | |
Jupiteria (Ledina) smirna Dall 1898 pointed nut clam | |
cf. Brachidontes saffordi mussel | |
Glyptoactis eoa clam
Venericardia (Venericor) smithii Aldrich 1894 clam | |
Crassatella ioannes clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium mediaviense tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Scalina dolosa wentletrap | |
Polinices ? julianna, Euspira perspecta, "Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius, Lacunaria "sp. B"
Polinices ? julianna moon snail
Euspira perspecta moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius moon snail
Lacunaria "sp. B" Conrad 1866 moon snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Falsifusus harrisi snail | |
"Scaphella "sp. C"" = Scaphella, "Scaphella showalteri" = Scaphella, "Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Scaphella "sp. C"" = Scaphella Swainson 1832 volute
"Scaphella showalteri" = Scaphella volute
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute | |
Murex (Argobuccinum) mansfieldi murex snail | |
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia)
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid | |
Orthosurcula phoenicea ribbed mitre
Orthosurcula adeona ribbed mitre | |
Exilia pergracilis Conrad 1860 snail | |
Cancellaria "spp. A" Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Agaronia mediavia snail | |
Calyptraphorus aldrichi snail | |
Melanella (Melanella) sp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
Turritella hilli turret shell | |
Bittium "sp. A" Gray 1847 cerith snail
Bittium (Bittium) estellensis Aldrich 1921 cerith snail | |
"Atys (Aliculastrum) "sp. A"" = Aliculastrum
"Atys (Aliculastrum) "sp. A"" = Aliculastrum Pilsbry 1896 snail | |
Gilbertina texana snail | |
Architectonica phoenicea sundial | |
Mathilda "sp. B" Semper 1865 snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Paracyathus bastropensis Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 stony coral
Trochocyathus coloradoensis Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 stony coral | |
"Flabellum conoideum" = Flabellum conoideum, "Flabellum texense" = Flabellum conoideum
"Flabellum conoideum" = Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900 stony coral Flabellum conoideum matthewsense
"Flabellum texense" = Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
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