RC-RED (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Ridge Creek

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.0° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 86.4° W)

When: Reklaw 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 205521: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Amaea (Scalina) macula" = Scalina
"Amaea (Scalina) macula" = Scalina wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium tresquatrum cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella turneri turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
aff. Graciliala sp. Sohl 1960 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Olivula) staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
reklawensis
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Laevibuccinum sp. Conrad 1865 true whelk
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Colwellia sp. Nuttall and Cooper 1973 snail
"Tritiaria nodosa" = Nassarius (Tritiaria) snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
carinata
Hesperiturris monilis turrid
laeva
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid
crassus
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
reklawensis
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Hexaplex eoa murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis stenzeli" = Athleta (Volutocorbis), "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
"Volutocorbis stenzeli" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
smithii
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Trigonostoma (? Ventrilia) herbae" = Ventrilia, ? Admetula sp.
"Trigonostoma (? Ventrilia) herbae" = Ventrilia snail
? Admetula sp. Cossmann 1889 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis nucleoides" = Ficus
"Ficopsis nucleoides" = Ficus fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Distorsio (Personella) nucleoides" = Sassia nucleoides
"Distorsio (Personella) nucleoides" = Sassia nucleoides Garvie 1996 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices (Pliconacca) onustus moon snail
reklawensis
Sinum taylori moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Semiacteon texanum" = Semiactaeon, Acteon pomilis
"Semiacteon texanum" = Semiactaeon snail
Acteon pomilis snail
punctatus
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
"Mathilda (Fimbriatella) iugum" = Fimbriatella, Mathilda (? Echinimathilda) cribraea
"Mathilda (Fimbriatella) iugum" = Fimbriatella snail
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Notocorbula marquezensis" = Corbula (Notocorbula)
"Notocorbula marquezensis" = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
"Lutetia cf. texana" = Kellyella (Lutetia)
"Lutetia cf. texana" = Kellyella (Lutetia) clam
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Cuna sp. Hedley 1902 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Claibornicardia sp." = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia), "Claibornicardia coloradonis" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia), Venericor densata
"Claibornicardia sp." = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) Stenzel and Krause 1957 clam
"Claibornicardia coloradonis" = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) clam
Venericor densata Conrad 1845 clam
reklawensis
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
? Calorhadia sp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) turgeo" = Jupiteria pointed nut clam
Litorhadia milamensis pointed nut clam
Litorhadia sp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
Litorhadia valdefragilis pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
 Dentaliida - Gadilinidae
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium (Antalis) aff. thalloides" = Antalis
"Dentalium (Antalis) aff. thalloides" = Antalis tusk shell