BEAR (Eocene of the United States)

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

• glauconitic 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
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Protosurcula gabbii, "Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia)
Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lapparia mooreana, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella aff. infans" = Haustator infans, Turritella cortezi
"Turritella aff. infans" = Haustator infans Stenzel 1940 turret shell
Turritella cortezi turret shell