Woodbine 078 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Denton County County, Texas (33.0° N, 96.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 61.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• a bed of oysters and other fossils in a sand and sandstone matrix 1 foot thick, about 10 feet above the bed of the creek.

Collection methods: L. W. Stephenson 1911, 1941; 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 6529: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 12.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• taxonomy partially updated by Jablonski and Kosnik
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unclassified
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Ambrosea nitida, Levicerithium planum
Ambrosea nitida
Ambrosea nitida Stephenson
Levicerithium planum
Levicerithium planum Stephenson
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula implicata
Serpula implicata
Serpula implicata Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ponticulana
Anomia ponticulana jingle
Anomia ponticulana Stephenson
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea soleniscus
Ostrea soleniscus Meek 1893 oyster
Ostrea soleniscus Meek
 Arcida - Arcidae
Sanoarca (Sanoarca) grandis
Sanoarca (Sanoarca) grandis Stephenson 1952 clam
Breviarca (Sanoarca) grandis Stephenson
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes filisculptus, Brachidontes filisculptus microcostae
Brachidontes filisculptus mussel
Brachidontes filisculptus (Cragin)
Brachidontes filisculptus microcostae Swainson 1840 mussel
Brachidontes filisculptus microcostae Stephenson
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora schucherti, Priscomactra cymba
Cymbophora schucherti clam
Cymbophora schucherti Stephenson
Priscomactra cymba clam
Priscomactra cymba Stephenson
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Dentonia leveretti
Dentonia leveretti Cragin 1893 clam
Dentonia leveretti (Cragin)
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Voysa varia
Voysa varia cerith snail
Voysa varia Stephenson
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella shuleri
Turritella shuleri turret shell
Turritella shuleri Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira dorothiensis
Euspira dorothiensis moon snail
Natica dorothiensis Stephenson