Also known as Bear Branch, Two Mile Creek
Where: Leon County, Texas (31.2° N, 95.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 87.1° W)
When: Wheelock Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified 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 205426: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Protosurcula gabbii, "Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia)
Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid | |
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia), Cochlespira engonata
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail | |
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail | |
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail | |
Lapparia mooreana, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
Lapparia mooreana volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
"Turritella aff. infans" = Haustator infans, Turritella cortezi
"Turritella aff. infans" = Haustator infans Stenzel 1940 turret shell
Turritella cortezi turret shell |