KICK (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Trinity River

Where: Leon County, Texas (31.3° N, 95.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 84.6° W)

When: Weches Formation (Claiborne Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

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 205478: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema sp.
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella femina
Turritella femina turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira aldrichi
Euspira aldrichi moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla sp., "Ancillus sp." = Ancilla (Ancillus)
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail
"Ancillus sp." = Ancilla (Ancillus) Monfort 1810 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bonellitia bastropensis
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes penrosei, "Latirus (Dolicholatirus) singleyi" = Dolicholatirus
"Latirus (Dolicholatirus) singleyi" = Dolicholatirus snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Bolis sp., Pseudoliva sp.
Bolis sp. Gardner 1939 true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Cornulina sp.
Cornulina sp. Conrad 1853 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lapparia nuda, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
Lapparia nuda Stenzel and Turner 1940 volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Surculites cabezai
Surculites cabezai turrid
exoletus
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus sp.
Calyptraphorus sp. Conrad 1857 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Vokesula smithvillensis
Vokesula smithvillensis Harris 1919 clam
smithvillensis
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium cf. gambrinum
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) cf. densata, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) cf. trapaquara
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten sp., Chlamys sp.
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea cf. sellaeformis
Cubitostrea cf. sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster