Woodbine 153 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Grayson County County, Texas (33.7° N, 96.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 61.2° 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; sandy limestone

• a thin hard sandy limestone at top of member.

Collection methods: L. W. Stephenson and W. P. Popenoe, 1927; Stephenson 1940.

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 6594: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 12.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

• taxonomy partially updated by Jablonski and Kosnik
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura turricula
Anchura turricula snail
Anchura turricula Stephenson
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella shuleri
Turritella shuleri turret shell
Turritella shuleri Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Callistina (Larma) munda" = Aphrodina munda, Cyprimeria patella
"Callistina (Larma) munda" = Aphrodina munda Stephenson 1952 venus clam
Callistina (Larma) munda Stephenson
Cyprimeria patella venus clam
Cyprimeria patella Stephenson
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pleurocardia (Trachycardium) tinninense
Pleurocardia (Trachycardium) tinninense cockle
Cardium (Trachycardium) tinninense Stephenson
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra columbella levis
Exogyra columbella levis Say 1820 oyster
Exogyra columbella levis Stephenson