Woodbine 172 (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: marineconcretionary, calcareous

• calcareous septarian concretion in the member, about 12 feet above the base.

Collection methods: H. R. Bergquist 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 6611: 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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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
? Yoldia septariana
? Yoldia septariana clam
Yoldia? septariana Cragin
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria patella
Cyprimeria patella venus clam
Cyprimeria patella Stephenson
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Linearia (Liothyris) concentrica" = Linearis
"Linearia (Liothyris) concentrica" = Linearis tellin clam
Linearia (Liothyris) concentrica Stephenson
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea soleniscus
Ostrea soleniscus Meek 1893 oyster
Ostrea soleniscus Meek
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Lispodesthes patula
Lispodesthes patula snail
Lispodesthes patula Stephenson
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Carota pendula
Carota pendula volute
Carota pendula Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Paleopsephaea patens
Paleopsephaea patens true whelk
Paleopsephaea patens Stephenson
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Metengonoceras dumbli
Metengonoceras dumbli Cragin 1893 ammonite
Metengonoceras dumbli (Cragin)