BCR-U (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Copper Creek

Where: Burleson County, Texas (30.6° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 87.9° W)

When: Wheelock Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified marl

• 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 205425: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea sp. Link 1807 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula houstonia auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes sp. Swainson 1840 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
perspectiva
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Fusimitra sp. Conrad 1855 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lapparia mooreana, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica bellistriata Conrad 1854 sundial