Woodbine 160 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Grayson County County, Texas (33.7° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 61.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone

• fine calcareous sandstone about 30 feet below top of member.

Collection methods: L. W. Stephenson 1940; Stephenson and H. H. Gray 1944; Stephenson, W. H. Monroe, H. R. Bergquist 1945.

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 4647: 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
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Palaeopsephaea patens" = Paleopsephaea
"Palaeopsephaea patens" = Paleopsephaea snail
Paleopsephaea patens n. sp. - originally entered as "Paleopsephaea patens"
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Carota pendula volute
Carota pendula n. sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Anchura sp e.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica dorothiensis Stephenson 1953 moon snail
Natica dorothiensis pendula n. var.
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Pirsila simpla Stephenson 1953 snail
Pirsila simpla n. sp.
 Opisthobranchia -
Fictoacteon humilispira snail
Fictoacteon humilispira n. sp.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten (Camponectes) moodyi scallop
Pecten (Camponectes) moodyi n. sp.
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
"Laternula virgata" = Anatimya virgata
"Laternula virgata" = Anatimya virgata Stephenson 1952 clam
Laternula virgata n. sp.
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen angustus clam
Leptsolen angustus n. sp. - originally entered as "Leptsolen angustus"
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Parmicorbula vokesi clam
Parmicorbula vokesi n. sp.
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ligula, Cyprimeria patella, "Callistina (Larma) munda" = Aphrodina munda
Legumen ligula venus clam
Legumen ligula n. sp.
Cyprimeria patella venus clam
Cyprimeria patella
"Callistina (Larma) munda" = Aphrodina munda Stephenson 1952 venus clam
Callistina (Larma) munda n. sp.
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Aliomactra compressa clam
Aliomactra compressa n. sp.
Cymbophora spooneri clam
Cymbophora spooneri n. sp.
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina duganensis tellin clam
Tellina' duganensis n. sp.
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opis ? elevata clam
Opis? elevata n. sp. - originally entered as "Opis elevata ?"
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila (Truncacila) sp. Grant and Gale 1931 divaricate nutclam
Acila (Truncacila)? sp. b