Where: Falls County, Texas (31.3° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 77.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: T. imperforata zone, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• composite section from CM-4 and Brazos-1, in foram zone PO
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, bioturbated, silty claystone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: T. A. Hansen, B. Upshaw, E. G. Kauffman and W. Gose. 1993. Patterns of molluscan extinction and recovery across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in east Texas; report on new outcrops. Cretaceous Research 14:685-706 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5575: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 18.10.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
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Bivalvia | |
Nuculana cf. travisana pointed nut clam | |
Periploma ? sp. Schumacher 1816 clam | |
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle | |
"Corbula subengonata" = Cuneocorbula subengonata
"Corbula subengonata" = Cuneocorbula subengonata Dall 1898 clam | |
Pteriidae ? indet. Gray 1847 pearl oyster | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Amusium alabamense Aldrich 1886 mud scallop | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
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Gastropoda | |
Promathilda cf. parvula Sohl 1960 snail | |
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Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
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