LEE-1 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Orel's Crossing

Where: Lee County, Texas (30.2° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 88.3° W)

When: Yegua Formation (Claiborne Group), 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 205486: 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
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp.
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa sp., Volvulella sp.
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail
Volvulella sp. Newton 1891 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cortezi, Turritella sp.
Turritella cortezi turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccitriton sp., Pseudoliva sp.
Buccitriton sp. true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus moorei
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra sp.
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Protosurcula sp., Hesperiturris sp., Michela sp., Trypanotoma sp.
Protosurcula sp. Casey 1904 turrid
Hesperiturris sp. Gardner 1945 turrid
Michela sp. Gardner 1945 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
"Eodrillia sp." = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia)
"Eodrillia sp." = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) Casey 1904 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
"Cordiera sp." = Cordieria
"Cordiera sp." = Cordieria Rouault 1848 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula sp.
Hastula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta sp., Caricella sp., Lapparia sp.
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835 volute
Lapparia sp. Conrad 1855 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis sp." = Ficus
"Ficopsis sp." = Ficus Röding 1798 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
Distorsio sp.
Distorsio sp. Röding 1798 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
aff. Natica sp.
aff. Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp.
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Corbula sp.
? Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Bathyarca sp.
Bathyarca sp. Kobelt 1891 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Orthoyoldia sp.
Orthoyoldia sp. Verrill 1897 pointed nut clam