2MC-C Two Mile Creek (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Leon County, Texas (31.1° N, 95.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 87.2° W)
When: Cook Mountain Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified claystone
• clay with ironstone layers
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 205266: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 10.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Fustiaria sp. Stoliczka 1868 tusk shell | |
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Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
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Cadulus spp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Alveinus sp. Conrad 1865 clam | |
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Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Chama harrisi jewel box | |
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Katherinella ? sp. Tegland 1929 venus clam | |
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Nemocardium gambrinum cockle | |
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Venericardia spp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
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Crassatella antestriata Gabb 1860 clam
Crassinella minor Lea 1833 clam | |
"Cuna parva" = Astarte parva
"Cuna parva" = Astarte parva Wood 1840 clam | |
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Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
"Glycymeris sabinensis" = Tucetona sabinensis
"Glycymeris sabinensis" = Tucetona sabinensis Harris 1919 clam | |
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam | |
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Calorhadia houstonia pointed nut clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Retusa adamski snail
Retusa kellogii snail
Volvulella loisae snail
Volvulella minutissimus snail
Rhizorus sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
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Mnestia dekayi snail | |
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Cirsochilus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail | |
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Tiburnus texanus snail | |
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Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
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Mathilda sp. Semper 1865 snail | |
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Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Architectonica ? textilina, Architectonica sp., Architectonica aldrichi, Architectonica texcarolina, Architectonica vesperina, Architectonica bellistriata, Architectonica meekana, "Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata
Architectonica ? textilina sundial
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Architectonica aldrichi sundial
Architectonica texcarolina sundial
Architectonica vesperina sundial
Architectonica bellistriata Conrad 1854 sundial
Architectonica meekana sundial | |
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Acteon idoneus Conrad 1833 snail | |
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Ringicula biplicata snail | |
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Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
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Lydiphnis novicastri snail | |
Michela trabeatoides, "Coronia sp." = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia lancea" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia), Lyrosurcula dalli, Trypanotopsis texana, Surculites engonatus, Scobinella reticulatoides, Eucheilodon reticulata, Pleurofusia cf. huppertzi, Trypanotoma longispira, Protosurcula gabbii, Hesperiturris nodocarinatus
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
"Coronia sp." = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
"Coronia lancea" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Lyrosurcula dalli turrid
Trypanotopsis texana turrid
Surculites engonatus turrid
Scobinella reticulatoides turrid
Eucheilodon reticulata turrid
Pleurofusia cf. huppertzi turrid
Trypanotoma longispira turrid
Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid | |
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Terebra mirula auger snail
Hastula houstonia auger snail | |
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Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
Raphitoma nucleola snail | |
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Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell
Glyptotoma crassiplica cone shell | |
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Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail
Microdrillia robustula snail | |
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Turricula plenta snail | |
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia), Cochlespira engonata
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail | |
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Uromitra brazosana ribbed mitre
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865 ribbed mitre
Conomitra texana ribbed mitre
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
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Levifusus prepagoda snail
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail | |
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Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Buccitriton texanum true whelk
Terebrifusus amoenus Conrad 1833 true whelk | |
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Clavilithes sp. Swainson 1840 snail
Falsifusus apicalis snail
Falsifusus ludovicianus snail
Latirus sexcostatus snail
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail | |
Lapparia mooreana, Bullata semen, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa, "Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
Lapparia mooreana volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute | |
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Hexaplex ? vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail
aff. Odontopolys sp. murex snail | |
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Fusimitra polita mitre shell | |
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Bonellitia parilis snail
Coptostoma ulmulum Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail | |
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Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
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Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail | |
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata triton shell | |
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Galeodea planotecta Meyer and Aldrich 1886 snail | |
"aff. Natica semilunata" = Natica (Naticarius) semilunata, Sinum inconstans, Neverita limula, Polinices aratus
"aff. Natica semilunata" = Natica (Naticarius) semilunata Lea 1833 moon snail
Sinum inconstans moon snail
Neverita limula Conrad 1833 moon snail
Polinices aratus moon snail | |
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Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
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Triforis ? sp. Deshayes 1834 snail | |
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Cerithiella nassula snail | |
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Bittium koeneni cerith snail | |
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Omalaxis singleyi turret shell
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell | |
Epitonium kingae, "aff. Scala sp." = Epitonium (Scala)
Epitonium kingae wentletrap
"aff. Scala sp." = Epitonium (Scala) Humphrey wentletrap | |