Woodbine 016 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Tarrant County County, Texas (32.7° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 62.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dexter Member (Woodbine Formation), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; ferruginous sandstone

• weathered brown and red ferruginous sandstone, a marine facies in part conglomeratic, forming the upper of two ferruginous layers that are separated by from each other by 6.5 feet of shale.

Collection methods: L. W. Stephenson and H. H. Gray 1944

Primary reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1952. Larger invertebrate fossils of the Woodbine formation (Cenomanian) of Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 242:1-225 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4646: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 14.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• taxonomy partially updated by Jablonski and Kosnik
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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea soleniscus
Ostrea soleniscus Meek 1893 oyster
Ostrea soleniscus Meek
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Breviarca (Sanoarca) grandis" = Sanoarca grandis
"Breviarca (Sanoarca) grandis" = Sanoarca grandis Stephenson 1952 clam
Breviarca (Sanoarca) grandis n. sp.
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
? Protarca tramitensis
? Protarca tramitensis clam
Protarca? tramitensis (Cragin)
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes filisculptus
Brachidontes filisculptus mussel
Brachidontes filisculptus (Cragin)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula ? ovisana
Caryocorbula ? ovisana clam
Caryocorbula? ovisana n. sp. - originally entered as "Caryocorbula ovisana ?"
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Priscomactra cymba, Geltena subcompressa n. sp.
Priscomactra cymba clam
Priscomactra cymba n. sp.
Geltena subcompressa n. sp. clam
Geltena subcompressa
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Fulpia pinguis
Fulpia pinguis clam
Fulpia pinguis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Solyma stewarti
Solyma stewarti tellin clam
Solyma stewarti n. sp.
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria alaeformis
Cuspidaria alaeformis clam
Cuspidaria alaeformis (Shumard)
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Voysa compacta
Voysa compacta cerith snail
Voysa compacta n. sp.
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Pyrgulifera costata
Pyrgulifera costata snail
Pyrgulifera costata n. sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica humilis
Natica humilis moon snail
Natica humilis Cragin