PBDB Collection

11-T-72 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Colorado River

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.0° N, 97.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.4° N, 78.2° W (Wright 2013)

When: Marquez shale Member (Reklaw Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified claystone

• glauconitic clay and marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Christopher Garvie

Primary reference: W. J. Foster, C. L. Garvie, A. M. Weiss, A. D. Muscente, M. Aberhan, J. W. Counts, and R. C. Martindale. 2020. Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. Scientific Reports 10:2176 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205223: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 09.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Arcida - Arcidae	Bathyarca claibornensis Bathyarca claibornensis clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea ? sp. Ostrea ? sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Pholadomya sp. Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
Pholadida - Corbulidae	"Notocorbula marquezensis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) "Notocorbula marquezensis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Gadilinidae	Episiphon gracilis Episiphon gracilis tusk shell
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium palmerae Dentalium palmerae tusk shell
Gadilida - Gadilidae	Cadulus sp. Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Gastropoda
Heterostropha - Mathildidae	Mathilda iugum Mathilda iugum snail
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Pseudomalaxis reklawensis, Architectonica fimbriaea, Architectonica geminicostata Pseudomalaxis reklawensis snail Architectonica fimbriaea sundial Architectonica geminicostata sundial
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	Pyramidella filamentosa, Pyramidella perexilis Pyramidella filamentosa snail Pyramidella perexilis snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella turneri Turritella turneri turret shell
Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae	Galeodea sp., Phalium reklawensis Galeodea sp. Link 1807 snail Phalium reklawensis snail
Neogastropoda - Nassariidae	"Tritiaria nodosa" = Nassarius (Tritiaria) "Tritiaria nodosa" = Nassarius (Tritiaria) snail
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Falsifusus ottonis, Clavilithes parvetorbis Falsifusus ottonis snail Clavilithes parvetorbis snail
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	"Volutocorbis stenzeli" = Athleta (Volutocorbis), Athleta petrosa "Volutocorbis stenzeli" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute smithii
Neogastropoda - Olividae	Ancilla staminea Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail reklawensis
Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae	Tropisurcula milamensis Tropisurcula milamensis snail
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Lyrosurcula cf. vaughani, Eosurcula moorei, Gemmula taylori, Hesperiturris nodocarinatus, Protosurcula aurora, Surculoma mbricata Lyrosurcula cf. vaughani turrid Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid reklawensis Gemmula taylori turrid Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid crassus Protosurcula aurora turrid Surculoma mbricata turrid
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Natica brevisulcata, Natica moffetti Natica brevisulcata moon snail Natica moffetti moon snail
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Amaea sp. Amaea sp. Adams and Adams 1853 wentletrap
Trochoidea - Skeneidae	Solariorbis discoides Solariorbis discoides snail