Also known as Brazos
Where: Texas (30.7° N, 96.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 87.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wheelock Member (Crockett Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, graded, glauconitic, silty shale
above storm wave base
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2452: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 05.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Hexactinellida | |
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| Anthozoa | |
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Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral | |
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Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral | |
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Discotrochus orbignianus stony coral | |
| Gymnolaemata | |
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| Gastropoda | |
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Mesalia claibornensis turret shell | |
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Cyclostremiscus exacuus snail | |
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Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
"Ectinochilus laqueatus" = Rimella
"Ectinochilus laqueatus" = Rimella true conch | |
Surculoma falsabenes, "Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii, Trypanotopsis texana, Michela trabeatoides, Eopleurotoma lisboncola, Eucheilodon reticulata
Surculoma falsabenes turrid
"Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Trypanotopsis texana turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
Eopleurotoma lisboncola turrid
Eucheilodon reticulata turrid | |
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Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail | |
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Glyptotoma conradiana cone shell | |
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Bullata semen, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
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Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre
Conomitra texana ribbed mitre | |
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Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833 snail
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail | |
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Fusimitra polita mitre shell | |
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Buccitriton texanum true whelk | |
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Levifusus mortoniopsis snail | |
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Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail | |
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata triton shell originally entered as "Distortio septemdentata"
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Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail | |
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Retusa galba snail | |
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Pyramidella bastropensis snail | |
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Architectonica amoena sundial
Architectonica elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |