Gazley Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Smithville

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.0° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 86.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• age is determined from other Cook Mountain collections in Texas

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy marl

• fairly hard, fossiliferous greensand marls, weathering nodular and red to yellow-brown. The marls are interbedded with sand, sandy clay and brownish-red lignitic cla

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. A. Price and K. V. M. Palmer. 1928. A new fauna from the Cook Mountain Eocene near Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 2(1):20-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205356: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp., Architectonica alveatum
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
Architectonica alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Acirsa (Acirsella) henryleai n. sp.
Acirsa (Acirsella) henryleai n. sp. Price and Palmer 1928 wentletrap
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum declivis
Sinum declivis moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia aff. ellipticum, "Bullia altile" = Bullia altilis
"Bullia altile" = Bullia altilis Conrad 1832 snail
n. var. harrisi
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Lacinia alveata
Lacinia alveata Conrad 1833 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus cf. trabeatus
Levifusus cf. trabeatus Conrad 1858 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam
subspecies mauricensis
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cf. selleformis
 Arcida - Arcidae
Trinacria adamsi n. sp.
Trinacria adamsi n. sp. Price and Palmer 1928 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria (Rhabdopitaria) pricei, "Pitaria (Rhabdopitaria) astartoides" = Rhabdopitaria astartoides, Pitaria (Pitaria) juliae n. sp., Pitaria (Pitaria) gazleyensis n. sp.
Pitaria (Rhabdopitaria) pricei Price and Palmer 1928 venus clam
"Pitaria (Rhabdopitaria) astartoides" = Rhabdopitaria astartoides Gardner 1923 venus clam
Pitaria (Pitaria) juliae n. sp. Price and Palmer 1928 venus clam
Pitaria (Pitaria) gazleyensis n. sp. Price and Palmer 1928 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
"Corbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam