Woodbine 164 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as USGS 20314

Where: Grayson County County, Texas (33.7° N, 96.4° 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; concretionary shale

• concretions in interlensed shale and sand 20 feet (estimated) above the Ostrea soleniscus reef zone and top of the Lewisville member.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: H. R. Bergquist 1946, 1947.

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 4648: 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
unclassified
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Tovula microlirae
Tovula microlirae n. sp.
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Membranipora sp. Blainville 1834
Membranipora sp.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Metengonoceras dumbli Cragin 1893 ammonite
Metengonoceras dumbli (Cragin)
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Metoicoceras crassicostae Stephenson 1952 ammonite
Metoicoceras crassicostae n. sp.
"Mammites ? bellsanus" = Plesiacanthoceras bellsanum Stephenson 1953 ammonite
Mammites? bellsanus n. sp. - originally entered as "Mammites bellsanus ?"
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium minor tusk shell
Dentalium minor n. sp.
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula arlingtonensis snail
Ringicula arlingtonensis n. sp.
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea pilleolus limpet
Acmaea pilleolus n. sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica dorothiensis Stephenson 1953 moon snail
Natica dorothiensis alveata n. var.
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus cornelianus snail
Fusinus' cornelianus n. sp.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Carota ? biplicata volute
Carota ? biplicata n. sp. - originally entered as "Carota biplicata ?"
Carota pendula volute
Carota pendula n. sp.
Carota robusta volute
Carota robusta n. sp.
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Lispodesthes patula snail
Lispodesthes patula n. sp.
Anchura sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Anchura sp. g (Stephenson 1952)
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia ? septariana clam
Yoldia? septariana Cragin - originally entered as "Yoldia septariana ?"
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Camptonectes) martinsensis" = Camptonectes
"Pecten (Camptonectes) martinsensis" = Camptonectes scallop
Pecten (Camptonectes) martibsensis n. sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ponticulana jingle
Anomia ponticulana n. sp.
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Pseudoptera serrata oyster
Pseudoptera serrata n. sp.
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Vulsella alveolana oyster
Volsella alveolana n. sp. - originally entered as "Volsella alveolana"
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea soleniscus Meek 1893 oyster
Ostrea soleniscus Meek
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra columbella oyster
Exogyra columbella levis n. var.
 Arcida - Arcidae
Breviarca (Sanoarca) grandis clam
Breviarca (Sanoarca) grandis n. sp.
Breviarca habita clam
Breviarca habita n. sp.
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia slatana clam
Isocardia slatana n. sp.
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Sinonia levis venus clam
Sinonia levis n. sp.
Legumen ligula venus clam
Legumen ligula n. sp.
Callistina lamarensis venus clam
Callistina lamarensis (Shumard)
Cyprimeria patella venus clam
Cyprimeria patella n. sp.
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora securis clam
Cymbophora securis n. sp.
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Parmicorbula numerosa clam
Parmicorbula numerosa n. sp.
Parmicorbula vokesi clam
Parmicorbula vokesi n. sp.
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Opertochasma subconicum clam
Opertochasma subconicum n. sp.
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Sexta navicula clam
Sexta navicula n. sp.