Also known as Little Brazos River
Where: Brazos County, Texas (30.6° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 87.8° W)
When: Wheelock Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 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 205481: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
aff. Atys atyopsis snail | |
? Lydiphnis novicastri snail | |
Cyclostremiscus axacuus snail
cf. Anticlimax sp. Pilsbry and McGinty 1946 snail | |
Neverita limula, Polinices aratus, aff. Natica (Naticarius) semilunata, Natica (Naticarius) semilunata, Sinum arctatum, Sinum inconstans
Neverita limula Conrad 1833 moon snail
Polinices aratus moon snail
aff. Natica (Naticarius) semilunata Lea 1833 moon snail
Natica (Naticarius) semilunata Lea 1833 moon snail
Sinum arctatum moon snail
Sinum inconstans moon snail | |
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata Gabb 1860 triton shell | |
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail | |
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella true conch | |
Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail | |
Caricella sp., Lapparia sp., Athleta sp., Athleta wheelockensis, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835 volute
Lapparia sp. Conrad 1855 volute
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
Athleta wheelockensis volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
Tropisurcula crenula, "Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia), Cochlespira engonata, "cf. Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira
Tropisurcula crenula snail
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail
"cf. Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira snail | |
Terebra (Mirula) mirula auger snail
Hastula houstonia auger snail | |
Protosurcula gabbii, Pleurofusia cf. huppertzi, Awateria retifera, Hesperiturris nodocarinatus, Cochlespirella nana, Eucheilodon reticulata, Trypanotoma longispira, Trypanotoma sp., Trypanotoma terebriformis, Lyrosurcula sp., Michela sp., Michela trabeatoides, "Coronia ? margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia ? nucleata" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia sp." = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia ? genitiva" = Gemmula (Coronia) genitiva, Scobinella sp.
Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Pleurofusia cf. huppertzi turrid
Awateria retifera Gabb 1860 turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid
Cochlespirella nana turrid
Eucheilodon reticulata turrid
Trypanotoma longispira turrid
Trypanotoma sp. turrid
Trypanotoma terebriformis Harris 1937 turrid
Lyrosurcula sp. turrid
Michela sp. Gardner 1945 turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
"Coronia ? margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
"Coronia ? nucleata" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
"Coronia sp." = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
"Coronia ? genitiva" = Gemmula (Coronia) genitiva Casey 1904 turrid
Scobinella sp. Conrad 1848 turrid | |
Turricula (Plentaria) plenta, "Leptosurcula beadata" = Turricula (Leptosurcula)
"Leptosurcula beadata" = Turricula (Leptosurcula) snail | |
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail | |
Microdrillia harrisi snail
Asthenotoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891 snail | |
Glyptotoma conradiana, "Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens
Glyptotoma conradiana cone shell
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail | |
Bonellitia bastropensis snail
aff. Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833 snail
Trigonostoma panones snail | |
Cornulina sp. Conrad 1853 snail | |
Buccitriton texanum true whelk | |
Fusimitra polita mitre shell
Fusimitra sp. Conrad 1855 mitre shell | |
Conomitra texana ribbed mitre
Uromitra brazosana ribbed mitre
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell | |
"Neosimnia texana" = Simnia texana
"Neosimnia texana" = Simnia texana Johnson 1899 snail | |
Cypraeorbis sp. Conrad 1865 cowry | |
Acirsa sp. Mörch 1857 wentletrap | |
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
"Turritella dumblei" = Kapalmerella dumblei, Mesalia vetusta, Mesalia claibornensis, Turritella nasuta
"Turritella dumblei" = Kapalmerella dumblei Harris 1895 turret shell
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell
Turritella nasuta turret shell | |
? Tenagodus sp. Guettard 1770 snail | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Tiburnus cf. texanus snail | |
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata, Architectonica textilina, Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata, "Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta, Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana, Architectonica (Granosolarium) ? meekana, "Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail
Architectonica textilina sundial
Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata Conrad 1854 sundial
"Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta Conrad 1854 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) ? meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial | |
Acteon idoneus Conrad 1833 snail | |
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Odostomia spp. Fleming 1817 snail
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam | |
Calorhadia sp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
? Litorhadia spp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia (Calorhadia) compsa Gabb 1860 pointed nut clam | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa Conrad 1833 clam | |
Periploma sp. Schumacher 1816 clam | |
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
Tellina (Eurytellina) cf. mooreana Gabb 1860 tellin clam | |
Abra (Abra) cf. nitens Lea 1833 abra | |
Katherinella sp. Tegland 1929 venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) aff. nuttali Conrad 1834 venus clam | |
Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam | |
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Crassatella antestriata Gabb 1860 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus spp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
"Dentalium (Antalis) sp." = Antalis
"Dentalium (Antalis) sp." = Antalis Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell |