Woodbine 175 (Cretaceous of the United States)

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: marineconcretionary

• concretions in lower part of member (Metengonoceras-Metoicoceras zone).

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 6614: 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
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Metengonoceras dumbli Cragin 1893 ammonite
Metengonoceras dumbli (Cragin)
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Sarganidae
Hillites multilirae snail
Hillites multilirae Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Lispodesthes patula snail
Lispodesthes patula Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira dorothiensis pendula Agassiz 1837 moon snail
Natica dorothiensis pendula Stephenson
Gyrodes tramitensis moon snail
Gyrodes tramitensis (Cragin)
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula arlingtonensis snail
Ringicula arlingtonensis Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra columbella Meek 1876 oyster
Exogyra columbella Meek
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Parmicorbula vokesi clam
Parmicorbula vokesi Stephenson
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus slatana parva Poli 1795 clam
Isocardia slatana parva Stephenson
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Sinonia levis venus clam
Sinonia levis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Cymbophora spooneri clam
Cymbophora spooneri Stephenson
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Sexta navicula clam
Sexta navicula Stephenson