Little Brazos River (H76-69-2) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as H76-69-2

Where: Burleson County, Texas (30.5° N, 96.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 85.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wheelock Marl Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, gray shale

• "Gray-brown block clay with sand partings. Well preserved shell concentrated in partings."

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: T. A. Hansen. 1978. Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs. Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University 1-310 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 1450: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.04.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
misc. gastropods, 14 species, 1 specimen each.
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
"Naticid sp."
Polinices aratus moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852 auger snail
Terebrid
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra texana ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Athleta ? petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
"Athleta ? petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
originally entered as "Athleta ? petrosus"
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata triton shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana trivitate pointed nut clam
Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
Cardiid
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula ? deusseni clam
originally entered as "Caryocorbula ? deusseni"
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
"Coral sp."