KIK (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Trinity River

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

When: Tyus Member (Weches Formation), 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 205479: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella femina turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
"Hipponyx sp." = Hipponix
"Hipponyx sp." = Hipponix Defrance 1819 hoof shell
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Surculites sp. Conrad 1865 turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
? Cypraeorbis sp. Conrad 1865 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus sp. Conrad 1857 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea sp. Link 1807 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania antiquata snail
texana
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatella texana" = Crassatellites texana
"Crassatella texana" = Crassatellites texana Harris 1895 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina cherokeensis Harris 1919 tellin clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop